Tagged with "identity"

• What’s in a Name?

  Discovering how identity shapes destiny — and how God’s naming of us changes everything.

• Stand Where Jesus Stood

  Before the miracles, before the crowds, Jesus entered the wilderness and learned dependence.

• I Wanna Dance Like Enoch Danced

  A revival I never expected exposed something deeper than power or experience—it revealed the cost of true worship and the quiet pull of pride.

• Racism Is Sin

  A personal reflection on Charlottesville, friendship, and the Christian call to reconciliation — arguing that racism is sin and that the work of Christ’s people is not outrage or silence, but costly, relational love across dividing lines.

• Lesson From Much-Afraid

  Written while incarcerated, this reflection on Hind’s Feet on High Places reveals a growing understanding that God is not merely fixing problems, but calling for complete surrender and transformation.

• It’s About You

  A quiet surrender to the truth that life is not ultimately about us, but about the glory of God and His redeeming work.

• The Chrysalis

  In the stillness of confinement, transformation begins — where surrender gives way to renewal and a new man emerges in Christ.

• After God's Heart

  David's life reveals that being "after God's heart" is not about sinless perfection, but about a heart that repents, returns, and rests in God's sufficient grace.

• Not So Small After All

  Beneath the vastness of the heavens, I discovered that humanity is not insignificant but deeply loved — called by name by the One who set every star in place.

• From It or Through It

  When the king renamed them, he thought he was erasing them. He wasn't.

• Look and Live

  You don’t have to climb your way to God or fix yourself first. Just look to Jesus — and live.

• The Work of His Hands

  Like a craftsman with a vision, God sees us not for our flaws but for the purpose He lovingly designed. Even our dents and dings are part of the story.

• If God Is Everywhere

  God's omnipresence means we are never outside His presence or purposes. This meditation explores identity, rest, and belonging in a God who is always near.

• Sticks and Stones

  Scripture was not given to us as a weapon to wound others, but as a living word meant to search us, humble us, and lead us into love.

• In His Image

  What does it mean to be made in the image of a holy God? A meditation on eternity in fragile bodies and the longing for unending communion with the Infinite One.

• Created In His Image

  A reflection on whether the cross was an interruption in the story of creation or the meaning creation was always built to reveal.

• Confession

  Forgiveness is freely given in Christ, yet many of us continue to live under guilt. Psalm 51 reminds us that confession is not groveling before an angry God, but returning to a gracious Father who has always been ready to restore.

• Falling Into His Grip

  What felt like collapse became rescue. In confinement, I discovered that when I fell, I had not been hurled headlong — God was still holding my hand.

• Guess Who I Saw Today

  What if every face we encounter carries the presence of Christ? Seeing others through this lens reshapes how we speak, judge, and love.

• Returning to Need

  Jesus calls us back to childlike dependence — not immaturity, but a return to trust, attachment, and the honest admission that we are powerless without Him.

• Living Sacrifice

  A reflection on what it truly means to become a living sacrifice—no longer living for self, but willingly consumed for the glory of God.

• That They Will Know

  God’s work in our lives is not ultimately about us — it is about making His name known so that all will see that He is LORD.

• Assurance of Salvation

  When doubt whispers that we are not enough, God's Word reminds us that salvation is not earned — it is a gift, secured by faith and sealed by His Spirit.

• In His Hands

  God claims both what is given and what lies beyond it. In the tension between possession and sovereignty, we find quiet confidence that even what feels chaotic remains firmly in His hands.

• I Am Loved

  For most of my life I understood God's love as agape — unconditional, selfless, sacrificial. But Psalm 42:8 introduced me to hesed: a love God has commanded of Himself, bound not by obligation but by nature. He could no more cease to love us than water could cease to be wet.

• The Passover Lamb

  From the skins God made for Adam and Eve, to the blood of the Passover lambs, to the cross — there is one unbroken thread. This is what Jesus walked into.