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For those of us that are musicians and worship leaders, where does our identity come from? Is it in our musical talents? Our artistic spirit? Our ability to lead a room?
I spent much of my life carrying the identity of a musician. I played multiple instruments, sang to rooms filled with hundreds, and soaked in the applause.
Yet behind the spotlight lived a scarred soul. My birth mother attempted an abortion while pregnant with me, yet I survived. Later, she abandoned me at a hospital. While I was adopted by a loving family and celebrated my adoption every year, I did not grow up in church. Not knowing what God says about adoption, I carried deep abandonment wounds, haunted by the thought that I was never meant to exist.
“Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me” (Psalm 27:10, NIV).
This verse anchors my story. The Hebrew word for “receive” (qavats) means to gather up, accept, or draw close. My identity is wrapped up in His arms, being received by Him.
This is because, even when earthly relationships collapse, God remains. He steps in as the God who receives, the One who defines identity, belonging, and love. That truth does not just comfort the wounded; it transforms worship. As worshipers, we come before God knowing He already adopts us.
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