It's Okay Not to Be Okay: Moving Forward One Day at a Time

by Sheila Walsh

Life rarely offers quick fixes; it’s a process, and God is in it with us, all the way. He doesn’t look for perfection in us; He sees that in Christ. You don’t need to be okay because Jesus has made you all right. He’s paid the bill in full. He’s covered our “not okay-ness.” Okay doesn’t live here, but Jesus does. All He looks for in us is a willingness to take the next step.

The first reason is that nothing you walk through is wasted with God. He redeems every drop of our suffering.

“Look at where you spend most of your time and that will tell you what matters to you.”

Until we embrace the understanding that God, and no one else, is in control, our faith remains shaky.

You don’t lose yourself when you become a Christian, you find out who you were always meant to be.

When you are fed up with yourself and feel as if you’ll never make real progress, remind yourself, it’s not up to me, it’s up to my Father—and He never fails.