Read Philippians 3

Be encouraged by this truth today: change is possible. You and I don’t have to simply accept or resign ourselves to living with our ever-present flaws, failures, mistakes, and regrets. Christians should never be so discouraged in our sin and brokenness that we give in, throw up our hands, and think, “It is what it is.” Since we believe in a God of redemption who is making all things new (including me and you), we can hope in the reality that his grace is always at work in our lives. God’s grace is transforming us into the perfect image of Christ—even if our transformation seems to be slow going.

In the Old Testament, God called his people to create altars that would serve as reminders of all that God had done and how far he had brought them. Though they might not have reached their destination, building those altars became about building checkpoints to remember the God that was with them as they journeyed to their destination. Friends, we need practices like that today. Perhaps it’s not a literal altar that you need to build, but how can you build checkpoints in your life to remember the God who is with you and for you? Because even though you may not be the version of yourself you wished you were, trust in the God who is getting you where you need to go.