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I have always known that I was never meant for mediocrity. I knew that I was meant to excel, to stand out and shine as light in a world that is filled with darkness. Even as a little kid, I knew that I would soon soar to great heights and change the world. "Making a difference" sounded like a simple enough task and an easily attainable dream.

When I was younger, dreaming was easy. I would just close my eyes and see myself doing all sorts of things that only the uninhibited and free mind of an innocent child can conjure up. I knew no limits, no boundaries, and I believed that I could go wherever I want to go and be whoever I want to be. I had no other direction to go but towards victory, higher up the stepladder of success.

But somewhere along the way, I got disillusioned. My head-on collision with failure after failure caused my dreams to shatter around me. I lost the courage to dream. I lost the faith to believe that I could actually amount to something. I allowed my circumstances to poison my mind and soon my vision of a good future began to shrivel up little by little.

It was a lot like dying, really. It was the worst to look in the mirror and see dejection in the eyes looking back at me. Outside, I haven't changed a bit, but I knew that a spark inside me had died.

But something keeps me going.

"Thank God, no matter what is happening around us, the Word of God remains the same. It is the unchangeable force that upholds us in every time of trouble. It is the solid rock, the foundation that, if we build our lives upon it, will bring us safely through every storm (Matthew 7:24-25).

The Word of God is far more real, far more permanent than anything in this natural world. It is, in fact, the very power by which this world and everything in it exists. The Bible tells us that Jesus upholds all things—that's right all things!—"by the word of his power" (Hebrews 1:3). "

Okay, I really have to go now, but I'm not done with this piece yet. I am going somewhere with this.

Literally. And figuratively.