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A New Sung: Returning to Your Authentic Self Through Redemption

 

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A New Sung: Back to Me

"And they sung a new song before the throne, the four beasts, and the elders: and no one was able to learn that song but the 144,000 which were redeemed from the earth." – Revelation 14:3

   This new song sings of redemption, calling each person back to their authentic self. It rises from silence into sound, from sound into music, echoing the sacred essence captured in the compositions of Richard Smallwood. This song is an invitation, an inner summons to return home.

   Redemption is not about becoming something new; it is about remembering who you have always been. It restores awareness of your true identity as God’s beloved offspring perfect, whole, and complete a unique and unrepeatable expression made in the image and likeness of God. As this truth is embraced, thoughts, words, and actions realign with the highest version of self.

   Firstly: Beloved Offspring

   We return to our authentic self by recognizing that we are God’s beloved offspring. God’s love is perfect, unconditional, universal, and everlasting and it is directed toward the genuine self, not a mask or performance.

   Each of us began as an idea in the mind of God and a word spoken from God’s mouth. When we affirm, “I am God’s beloved offspring,” our thoughts, words, and actions realign with divine parentage. This awareness cultivates self-love that mirrors God’s own love.

   Secondly: Perfect, Whole, Complete

   Reclaiming our essence means embracing the truth that we are perfect, whole, and complete. Nothing is missing. Nothing is broken. Nothing is out of place in our authentic being.

   Jesus, as Way-Shower and example of full humanity and full divinity, demonstrates what it means to live from this truth. Declaring, “I am perfect, whole, and complete,” silences lies of lack and brokenness. Regardless of diagnoses, symptoms, or past experiences, wholeness remains the eternal truth of who we are.

   Thirdly: Unique, Unrepeatable Expression

   Each person is a unique, unrepeatable expression of God. God broke the mold when creating you, there is no need for comparison, conformity, or self-suppression.

   This truth empowers authentic expression through thoughts, words, and actions how we show up, communicate, dress, create, and engage with the world. When we stop blending in and start standing out in love, we reflect the limitless creativity of the Divine.

   Redemption: Returning to Eden

   Redemption means returning to the original state like Eden, living above circumstance rather than beneath it. It is a conscious realignment with life-giving routines: prayer schedules, health practices, nourishing food, movement, wise spending, and generous giving.

   By refusing thoughts, words, and actions that do not represent the highest and best, we begin to sing this new song before the throne. Restoration reconciles us back to who we have always been beloved offspring, perfect, whole, complete, uniquely expressed in the image and likeness of God.

   A New Sung – Back to Me (Revelation 14:3)
   1. Beloved Offspring
   2. Perfect, Whole, Complete
   3. Unique, Unrepeatable Expression
   4. Image and Likeness

📖 Reflection: What part of your authentic self is God inviting you to remember and reclaim today?

💡 Action Step: Speak one affirmation daily this week that aligns you with your true identity—beloved, whole, complete, and uniquely expressed.

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