🕊️ Scroll of the Crown: Confession is Cleansing

Based on 1 John 1:7–9 & James 5:16

There comes a time in every royal journey when power alone won’t move the mountain.

When silence is no longer strength.

When hiding becomes the very thing that’s poisoning your soul.

And in that moment, the Crown does not call for more control.

It calls for confession.

“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.”

— 1 John 1:7

Confession is not weakness.

It is the light turned back on.

It’s the cleansing flood that clears the rot that’s been eating away at your strength in secret.

Because secrets grow in the dark.

But the moment you bring them into the light, healing begins.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

— 1 John 1:9

Let’s be clear:

This isn’t about groveling.

It’s about realignment.

It’s about bringing the heart back into rhythm with Heaven.

It’s about letting the old guilt die so something new can live in you.

There’s a reason we’re commanded to confess to each other, not just to God.

“Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

— James 5:16

We don’t heal in isolation.

We don’t lead in silence.

We don’t transform by pretending.

Royalty rises through ownership.

Not image.

Not defense.

But honest surrender.

The kind that says:

“This thing has ruled me long enough. I name it. I bring it into the light. I ask for help. And I take my crown back.”

Confession is Kingdom work.

Not just spiritual.

Not just personal.

But generational.

Because what you refuse to confess , you unconsciously pass down.

But what you bring into the light, you disarm.

And what you own; you no longer have to be owned by.

🔥 Closing Decree

I don’t confess to feel better.

I confess to be better.

To walk in the light.

To clear the blood off my hands.

To stop the leak of pain onto those I love.

To walk with posture, unchained by the weight of secrets.

This is what royalty does.

Royalty tells the truth.

Royalty walks in the light.

Royalty leads with a clean heart.

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✍🏾 A Note from the Author

This isn’t just scripture to me.

It’s strategy.

It’s survival.

It’s how I found my way back from the dark.

Lately, several people have asked why I’m posting all my thoughts and feelings so openly.

The answer is simple:

I can no longer hide behind the curtains just to avoid being misunderstood or unseen.

That fear kept me silent. And that silence turned into shame.

This is my cleansing.

These are the apologies I’ll never get to give face-to-face.

So if I’ve ever bled on you while I was broken…

Please blame it on my head, not my heart.

I love you.

I see you.

And I thank you for still being here.

You don’t lead by being spotless.

You lead by being honest.

So this scroll?

It’s not just scripture.

It’s a blueprint.

For healing.

For reconnection.

For walking tall again, without the weight of the unspoken.

If you’re reading this and your soul is tired…

If your silence has turned into shame…

Then take this as your permission slip to come back into the light.

Confess.

Heal.

Lead.

👑 — O.D.