Originally posted on January 13, 2006.

"It's okay to fail" is a lesson I've learned from many sermons, articles, books and people speaking into my life. This truth is profound and serves me well. But now I have a new truth that's being spoken into my life, by that still, small, whispering voice.

I'm learning that it's okay to succeed.

Some of us need permission to succeed. To not give up. To not resign ourselves to the same fate that has plagued us. I don't know if I'm able to give anyone permission to succeed... I'm still waiting for my permission in some ways. But God is.

God wants you to know that it's okay to succeed. That you are worthy, you are good enough, you are able. That you deserve happiness. Freedom. Wholeness. God invites you to spend some time dreaming and thinking about what you want your life to be like, using His Will as a flashlight. And He wants to help you get there.

I read an article today about salt. It said that salt isn't supposed to make food taste salty - it's supposed to make food taste more like itself. If I put salt on something, it's designed to bring out the flavor that is infused in the food. I have some wonderful people in my life who are being salt for me. I'm in a very confusing, difficult place right now, and I'm just beginning a season of my life that is filled with equal parts uncertainty and promise. And I know that when I end this season, I will be closer to the person God made me to be. I have hope that I'm going to succeed.

Now I just need to believe that I can.

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