When the times comes calling, we accept where we are meant to be. One more light. One more fight. One more choice in what makes us who we're meant to be.

I'm not a coward. I face my fears. Drawing a line in the sand tells us where we are and our goals to where we're heading. I'm not staying or looking back. I've made my mistakes, I've burnt my bridges and failed to live up to the other side of that line. I've made mistakes with friendships. Slipping, I've lost my balance more than once with who I'm trying to live up to be. But it's in the past. My choices aren't a ghost coming to get me.

It's hard to move on. It's hard to re-shift your focus back to the center, but that's precisely what we're being called to do. I wish success was easy, pressure free, and life could be lived without drama, but without any of those, it wouldn't be a peak worth reaching. In the silent moments when you feel helpless and during the times you don't deserve what's coming your way, what's your first thought? Mine hasn't always turned where it should. I wish I could go back and shake myself to respond better.

I haven't crossed the line of who I want to be, but that's when I realized that the line is vertical. The line in the sand is a path, not a step. The one horizontal line is a step of faith and commitment we make when we confess our sins to see our faith in Jesus's sacrifice was the ONLY thing that could save us. PERIOD. The vertical line is the journey where I catch myself looking back. Where I find myself fighting battles in which I need to know the outcome. The war has already been won. My little corner in which the battle seems improbable? God's already seen the outcome. If He wants us where we're fighting to be, He will place us there.

"Who cares if one more light goes out in a sky of million stars... if a moment is all we are?" Linkin Park puts this beautifully. Looking into the future is another animal entirely. None of us are content wholly in what we've done, but change needs to happen now. Moments have blurred together, but the faith and the purpose you strive for is our past and our future. We're not just another life, we're individuals facing an important choice. Take another step forward and don't look back. High five the people around you and give them the best parts of you as a person. Throw away those traits that hold you back, but don't expect an immediate transformation.

Wishing for change won't change you. I have to remind myself of that time after time. Our enemies are like snipers, keyed in and steady, ready to take us down. Stand up and hang on. We have to live forward and not let pride define us. We have to be courageous and pick people and ultimate goals before personal preferences. Keep walking on the line, praying, and striving with me through to live a life that makes a difference wherever you are.

"But seek first His kingdom and his righteous and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33