5-Day Devotional To Becoming The Greatest YouSample

We all make mistakes, but those mistakes do not prevent us from serving in God’s Kingdom. You can use the struggles that you have faced to help you grow stronger and move forward as you fulfill God’s purpose for you.

Owning your bad chapters is the first step in writing new chapters where the hero triumphs. Own your past, your mistakes, your insecurities, and even your questions about your life and where you are going, and then people can’t use these things against you. . . . It’s a common thing for people from your past to do—to make who you were who you are. You have to understand that these people don’t know you; they knew you. I refuse to let people make me feel insecure about my growth because of my past. And you have to do the same. 

And here’s the other important thing to remember about owning your struggles: everybody struggles. There isn’t a single person out there who doesn’t have things in their life they wished had turned out differently, or events that went badly, or traits that have created problems for them. I will go so far as to say that there are very few people walking around who don’t have at least one thing happening in their lives right now that they wish they could change. Some of these people may be way better at hiding it than others, but they’re all carrying around something. The fact that you’re dealing with some stuff doesn’t make you an exception; it makes you part of the overwhelming majority. . . .

Remember that even if you’re currently in the middle of some of your worst circumstances ever, this is not your final destination, and between these tough times and better days, you are growing. Now, consider this: plants don’t grow without rain. Yeah, storms suck, but those downpours in your life are a necessary part of your growing. The rain is going to end, and when the sun comes back out, you’re going to have more of what you need to get bigger and better.