Our culture obsesses over identity—labels, categories, and tribes—but the orphan heart isn’t looking for a label; it’s looking for home. Only in Christ do we find a secure and unshakable identity.
Identity politics dominate the headlines, dividing us by gender, race, and ideology. Each group demands to be seen, to be heard, to be validated. Beneath it all lies a deeper longing—the universal human desire to know who we are and why we matter.
At the heart of this cultural chaos beats the orphan spirit: that sense of disconnection, of not belonging anywhere. When we don’t know who we are in Christ, we’ll spend our lives trying to build identity out of performance, pain, or popularity. We look to movements and labels to tell us who we are because we’ve forgotten who made us.
The Bible tells us that before we were formed, Christ knew us. That’s not poetic language—it’s reality. Every person carries the fingerprints of God, crafted with intention and love. The orphan heart, desperate for affirmation, chases after counterfeit identities. But when we root ourselves in Him, we discover a name that cannot be taken away: child of God.
Those who influence children or families wrestling with identity issues hold sacred ground. The goal isn’t to argue or assign labels, but to remind each soul of its divine design. Whether male or female, black, white, or brown—each person is an unrepeatable reflection of God’s creativity.
