The Journey Isn’t Complete Until You Meet the Father

“The Spirit convicts you of sin and brings you to Jesus for the forgiveness of sin. Jesus forgives your sin and then brings you to the Father for healing.” — Mark Driscoll

That quote wrecked me. Not because it was clever. Because it exposed something I had not figured out for most of my life:

I had received conviction. I had asked for forgiveness. But I had never truly walked with the Father as a son.

I was a Christian. I believed the gospel. But I lived like an orphan — performing, hiding, striving, trying to earn what was already mine.

I was saved… but I didn’t know who I was. I was forgiven… but I wasn’t free.

And eventually, my orphan heart caught up with me. My marriage imploded. My secrets surfaced. I had confused responsibility with identity—and lost both. I knew enough scripture and theology to not question: Is it too late for me? But how do I get to the place — where I knew God the way he knew me — Father and Son.

That moment — that shift — is where my healing truly began.

And that’s why I created the "Never Too Late to Be a Son" devotional. Not because I needed content to share. But because I needed a map. A way back.

Here’s the truth: You can be a church man and still be a lost boy. You can be saved and still fatherless in your heart. You can look like a man of God but still live like a spiritual orphan — ashamed, isolated, angry, addicted, performing for acceptance or approval, or just plain numb.

Brother, it’s time to stop pretending.

We don’t need more men who perform. We need men who know they’re sons. Men who walk in identity. In authority. In healing. Men who reject the lies of the culture and the chains of their past.

If you want to live from your identity as a son — start the journey.

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It’s not too late. But it is time.

Let the Father call you home. And this time — don’t just believe in God. Walk with Him.

— Kelly Love