Healing Journey: Embracing Progress & God's Transformative Timing

Discover how embracing personal growth, healing, and God's timing can transform your life, one small step at a time. Learn to progress beyond past struggles with grace and purpose.

Author

Megan Roberts
July 12, 2025

You’re allowed to outgrow old habits, old mindsets, and even old friendships.

Your healing is holy work.

In 2012 I started going to church again. That was after living a few years as a borderline alcoholic if I’m being honest. I did a lot of partying with friends, staying out late and not really going anywhere in life. Those friends were actually two of the best friends I’ve ever had. Well, I eventually realized I wanted more. I wanted to go back to school and I wanted to stop drinking so much, so I decided to move back home and do just that. After getting my life [mostly] straightened out, I was back in church, I wasn’t drinking, I was sharing bible verses on my timeline and one friend in particular started calling me a hypocrite. I was a hypocrite because I was no longer drinking, no longer partying, and I was going to church every week.

But friend, I’m here to tell you I was NOT a hypocrite. I was changing. I was outgrowing old habits, old mindsets, and apparently old friendships. It was unfortunate because I loved that friend, and still do wish her the very best ’til this day. But friend, I was trying to heal - and it’s okay if you are, too. When you’re a born again Christian, you die to your old self, and the LAST thing that makes you is a hypocrite.

So go out today and be the best -holy- version of yourself possible and remember that the only opinion of you that matters is God’s!