Who i am.

For about a year, I began researching, creating a website, purchasing materials, and even at one point, buying a sewing machine to start my clothing business. Fashion has always been something I gravitated towards. Growing up, my family was by no means wealthy, but even with clothes purchased from the local Goodwill, I would try to create something out of nothing. I specifically remember in my junior year of high school proudly wearing a denim shirt jacket that I had cut the sleeves off. When people complimented me on the now-vest, I would brag about it. I guess I’ve always found joy in making something unique, and I can’t help but think that’s how God views us—we were made in His image, after all.

But to get on with the story of who I am: My name is Crystal, and my middle name is Uchechi, which is Igbo for “God’s will.” So I guess you see where the inspiration for this blog name came from (it’s also my gamertag hehe). I heard someone say before that names are prophetic in a way - and I can definitely say that I can look back on the happenings of my life so far and know that it was God’s will. I was watching a youtube video of a pastor once and he said without God man CAN not, but without man God WILL not. Knowing the significance of my name always gives me a deeper meaning of the Lord’s prayer (Thy will be done, Thy Kingdom come) and also when Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane just before his crucifixion (Nevertheless, not My will, but thine be done). This type of yielding is what I try to model my life after - coming into the acknowledgement of my salvation through Jesus Christ.

There aren’t enough words I could type about God’s faithfulness without risking carpal tunnel, but I would love to share even more with you through this blog. Life has its cycles, but my faith is anchored firmly in the Word of God, and my relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit is my foundation.

Every day, I wake up and pray for God to crucify this flesh, this earthly vessel of mine, for His will and glory. After all, that’s what Uchechi stands for. Just as when Moses asked God, “Who should I say sent me?” and God replied, “I AM,” it is that same “I AM” who now holds my identity—the identity I once struggled so long to discover.

-iUchechi.