Sojourning with a Purpose

  (Genesis 1:26) “Then God said, ‘Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness…’” Genesis 1:26 does not begin with the physical body—it begins with being. Before form, before breath, before flesh, humanity was conceived in the realm of the invisible. To be created in the image and likeness of God does not mean we resemble God physically, for God is Spirit. Rather, it reveals that our origin is spiritual, and our physical existence is an expression of something far deeper and eternal. The Image of God The image of God speaks to essence. It is the divine imprint placed within every human being—the inner spark of awareness, consciousness, creativity, wisdom, and the capacity to perceive truth. This image is not something we earn, lose, or grow into. It is given at creation. This means that before we identify as male or female, successful or broken, able or disabled, seen or unseen—we already are. The image of God within us confirms that our worth does not come from what...

  The day I lost my eyesight was not just the day my physical vision faded—it was the day my life asked me a question I could not avoid: Who are you when everything you relied on is taken away? Going blind was not poetic. It was frightening, disorienting, and painfully human. There was grief. There was resistance. There were moments when I begged God to reverse what was happening to my body. I did not wake up that day inspired or enlightened. I woke up terrified. Blindness was not a gift I asked for. And it is not something I glorify. But what I did learn—slowly, painfully, and honestly—is that loss does not have the final word. There was a season when I fought my reality with everything in me. I wanted my old life back. I wanted my independence, my certainty, my familiar world. Acceptance did not come as a spiritual epiphany—it came as surrender, one breath at a time. And then something unexpected happened. As my physical sight diminished, my inner awareness sharpened. I began to ...

  You are not merely a body trying to become spiritual. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. Scripture tells us that our origin is not earthly—it is eternal. “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart.” (Jeremiah 1:5) This means your identity existed before your circumstances, your story, your pain, or your role in this world. Your soul was known, chosen, and commissioned before time introduced you to limitation. The body is temporary. The soul is eternal. “God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7) Your life force did not come from the earth—it came from God. You did not receive a soul; you are a soul. The human experience is the classroom. The soul is the student. “We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18) You are here for a r...