Where Growth Meets Grace
Becoming Her: The Journey
Where Growth Meets Grace
There is a quiet courage required to become. Not the loud, performative kind of change that demands applause, but the internal work—the kind that reshapes your heart, your habits, and your faith when no one is watching. Becoming Her is not about arriving at perfection. It is about honoring the process and extending grace to yourself while you grow.
For many of us, growth begins in uncomfortable places. It starts in moments of reflection when we realize that who we have been can no longer carry us into who we are meant to be. Growth asks questions that are not always easy to answer: What do I need to release? What am I holding onto out of fear? Who am I becoming when I choose healing over familiarity?
This journey is layered. There are seasons of clarity and seasons of confusion. Days when progress feels tangible and days when it feels invisible. But grace meets us in every season. Grace reminds us that growth does not have to be rushed. It does not require punishment for past mistakes. Grace allows room for rest, recalibration, and renewal.
Becoming Her means understanding that growth and grace are not opposing forces—they are partners. Growth challenges us to stretch beyond comfort. Grace allows us to do so without shame. Growth invites accountability. Grace offers compassion when we fall short. Together, they create a sustainable path forward.
Faith plays a central role in this journey. Trusting God while becoming requires surrender—letting go of timelines, comparisons, and expectations that were never ours to carry. It means believing that even when progress feels slow, God is still working. Grace teaches us that we do not have to earn transformation; we participate in it daily through obedience, reflection, and faith.
There is also a deep unlearning that takes place. We unlearn survival patterns that once protected us but now limit us. We unlearn negative self-talk disguised as humility. We unlearn the belief that rest is laziness or that boundaries are selfish. Growth demands honesty. Grace allows us to confront the truth without condemnation.
This space—Becoming Her—exists for the woman who is evolving in real time. The woman who is healing while still showing up. The woman who loves God but still has questions. The woman who is learning to choose herself without abandoning her values. You are not behind. You are not failing. You are becoming.
Becoming Her also means redefining success. It is not measured by external milestones alone, but by internal alignment. By peace where there used to be chaos. By confidence rooted in identity rather than validation. By choosing progress over perfection, consistency over urgency, and purpose over pressure.
Grace meets you when you pause. When you reassess. When you decide to try again. It meets you in therapy sessions, prayer closets, quiet mornings, and difficult conversations. It meets you when you forgive yourself for what you did not know then and commit to doing better now.
This journey is yours. It does not need to look like anyone else’s. Growth will not always be pretty, but it will be purposeful. Grace will not always feel easy, but it will always be sufficient.
So take your time. Honor your process. Trust God. Extend grace to yourself as generously as you offer it to others. You are not becoming her by accident. You are becoming her with intention.
And right here—where growth meets grace—is exactly where you are meant to be.
Elder Cheryl Johnson
13 January 2026
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