“Bless you, beautiful.”
Those were her words to me at my Elijah House D-School graduation — simple, yet soaked in the kind of love that sees beyond the surface. Ofelia's voice that day wasn’t just her own; it was echoing something eternal. Something my heart had longed for. A reminder that the transformation I’d been walking through was not just for survival — it was for glory.
She spoke 2 Corinthians 3:18 over me:
📖 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." — 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV)
Then came the image — a beautiful woman, dancing freely in the Father's house. Uninhibited, radiant, alive. She declared, "Fulness of joy in His presence, dancing queen for the King."
That pierced something deep within. There has been such a long journey of exile — trying to fit, trying to belong, trying to become. But now? 🤔 Now it feels like coming home.
✨ I have a place.
✨ I have a people.
✨ I have an identity.
✨ I have a culture.
✨ It’s okay to be me.
✨ I’m finally home in the Father’s house — and it’s gorgeous.
Then she declared the words of Psalm 16:6–8, and they shimmered like gold leaf over broken pottery — sealing what the Father had already written on my heart:
📖 "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved." — Psalm 16:6–8 (NKJV)
Home is not just a place.
It’s a presence — His.
It’s not just a culture.
It’s the Kingdom.
It’s not just identity.
It’s belovedness and it’s not just safety.
It’s joy — wild, twirling, barefoot joy.
Vrydag 22 Julie 2022
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