We all have this gap between our actual selves and our ideal selves-- the gap that we work, strive, and exhaust ourselves trying to close on our own. We tend to fall prey to the lies that if we had more _____, we would experience fulfillment. When we arrive on the mountaintop, THEN we will partner with God and get courageous about where He is calling us, right?! However, we see it in Scripture and all throughout our lives that God isn't interested in the person that we wish that we were; He is interested in our actual, real, authentic, broken, imperfect but made-by-Him selves. That is some GOOD NEWS. Don't wait to arrive! Now, here, in this moment-- it's time to begin. Buy the "Focus: How One Word a Week will transform your life" Devotional to follow along with this podcast! Available on Amazon and cleerelystated.com: Amazon link: https://bit.ly/focusdevotionalbook Purchase on cleerelystated.com + see Cleere's other products: https://bit.ly/Cleerelystatedfocuslink Monday Prayer found on @cleerelystated Instagram - follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/cleerelystated/