No Longer Jacob: Renamed Through the Struggle by stella ashworth
I don’t always understand the ways of God, but I know this: His ways are higher than mine.
Like Jacob, I have wrestled with God, with people, with life itself. Through long nights of questions, pain, and surrender.
But Jacob did not walk away the same. God changed him. From a struggler… to Israel. From one who wrestled… to one who was marked, renamed, and set apart.
And maybe that is the mystery of our battles, not always to understand them, but to be transformed through them. Some fights are not meant to be explained, they are meant to change you.
So if you are wrestling… hold on.
Even in the struggle, God is working.
Even in the breaking, He is renaming. And when the night is over, you will not be who you were.
You will carry the mark of having encountered God.
Written by Stella Ashworth - Bay Talk