I’m not ashamed to say it: years ago, I saw a psychologist. I needed help navigating what I thought were broken parts of me. And honestly, counseling changed me. But it also challenged me. The biggest challenge? As a budding minister, the psychologist asked me not to overstate “deliverance.” To be real with people that some things don’t always change. That was hard to hear. I came from a tradition that emphasized healing… so much so that people often felt pressured to fake it or exaggerate it. But through that challenge, I discovered something deeper: real hope and abounding grace. Real hope isn’t that everything gets fixed. It’s that the things that don’t get fixed don’t define you. They don’t separate you from God’s love or His presence. And grace? It’s knowing you’re 100% good with God, not because of your behavior, your biology, your moods or your attitudes, but because of Jesus. If “imperfection” is what it takes to finally embrace grace, then I’ll boast in it. Because in it, I found strength.