Becoming What We Love: A Quiet Return to Who We Really Are

When I read Hosea 9:10, I felt something stir: “They became detestable like the thing they loved.” It’s one of those verses that makes you want to sit still for a moment and ask, What is shaping me right now?

There are days when I can feel it...the pull to become like the world around me. To mirror what’s trending. To chase what seems urgent. To measure my worth by productivity, or applause, or that ache to belong. And without even realizing it, I start becoming more like those things. I start bending my soul around what was never meant to carry me.

But then I remember the invitation.

The invitation to come closer. To walk with the One who calls me beloved. To worship not from a place of performance, but from a place of remembering.

God doesn’t demand we become perfect...He invites us to become His.

And slowly, in the quiet places of my life, I begin to notice the difference. When I worship Him, I begin to carry peace. When I love Him, I begin to carry light. I begin to become like Him.

It’s not always a dramatic transformation. Sometimes it’s just choosing stillness when the world says hustle. Speaking kindness when anger feels easier. Opening my scriptures when I’d rather scroll.

But it’s in those tiny, sacred choices that my soul remembers who I really am. A daughter of covenant. Becoming, day by day, more like the One who loves me most.

So today, I ask Him again: “Teach me how to love You in a way that shapes me. Remind me who I am when I forget. And keep drawing me back...always back...to You.”