It’s easy to get caught up in life and to forget about your roots and what keeps you grounded. Through these day-to-day happenings and obstacles, it’s important to remember where we come from, what we believe in and what direction we want to go. Staying true to your faith is something that will lead us down the right paths; however, there have been many times where I have veered off the “right path” and lost sight of my roots.

There have been many times on those stressful days where I forgot about who had my back. I felt alone. Alone in the library studying for a test I didn’t know anything about. Alone when I went to sleep at night after an unbarring day. Alone when I had to make a decision, to choose either something good or temptingly bad, and I was conflicted on what I should've done. I failed to remember that God has my back 100 percent of the time. He could’ve been there for me, to help me, guide me and direct me toward the light at the end of the tunnel. All I had to do was reach out to Him.

It’s so easy to lose God when we get so consumed in something or in our society; we fail to remember that He’s always there. God is a constant. Because He’s a constant, it shouldn’t be hard to recognize, appreciate and lean on Him, but in reality, it can be really hard to remember that. He is the only constant in our vastly changing worlds.

Losing God was something I never wanted to experience. I have always been so strong in my faith, stood up for my beliefs and rooted my decisions through a Christian standpoint; however, life will getchya. I’m disappointed in myself when I say that I lost God a time or two. They weren’t for long periods of time, but I failed to keep Him as my base. I have made mistakes and poor decisions. Life is a learning process, and through all of these wrong paths, I have learned that I never want to lose God again, not even for a second. His love is powerful. His presence is life changing. His words are inspiring. I don’t want to lose that again. I don’t want my paths to take me anywhere but up.