About Me: Chizobam Idahosa

About Me

My name is Chizobam Idahosa.

Chizobam means “God saves me” in the present continuous tense – the LORD has saved me, He is saving me, and He will continue to save me.

My maiden name is Unachukwu.

I am Nigerian. Born and raised in Nigeria but currently live on the East Coast of the USA.

I speak English and Igbo. (Igbo amaka! Igbo n’aso uso n’onu anyi.)

My husband and I met while in school in Nigeria. We dated for seven years before our wedding and have been married for twenty years.

I’m the 6th of 10 girls and mother to 3 beautiful girls. (GIRL POWER!!!)

I am a dentist, triple board-certified in oral medicine, orofacial pain, and lifestyle medicine. In my professional life, I help patients with oral lesions and facial pain regain their quality of life, and I teach dental students and residents at an academic institution. To learn more about my career and specialty, click HERE for my professional website.

I enjoy reading, studying, and teaching.

I’m passionate about social issues related to injustice and inequality.

I have a fiery passion for the Word of God, and I’m always in awe of the treasures I find daily in the Scriptures.

God has set a fire in my heart, and I constantly want more of Him.

God is teaching me how to be beautiful on the inside, and I’m excited to share my journey with you.

Why I Write

I chose the phrase “Inward Beauty through the Word” as the tagline for this website because it reflects the story of my life. It is my testimony of how the Word of God has transformed my life and how God has filled me with His love, joy, and peace exceedingly, abundantly, and above all I could have ever imagined.

I gave my life to Christ as a young adult after a tumultuous and chaotic teenage existence. For many years after receiving Christ, I didn’t bear much fruit. My spiritual growth was stunted; I was not maturing in Christ, and I was not beautiful on the inside. At a certain point, I felt like God tapped me on the shoulder and said: “Chizobam, wake up and grow up.” That was when I began to walk with Christ and obey Him.

The truth is that by believing in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, we are made new creatures, holy in the sight of God and without spot or wrinkle (Colossians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:17). Our salvation is entirely based on Christ, not us (2 Timothy 1:9). However, having been made new creatures in Christ Jesus, we need to grow up (Colossians 3:10, 1 Peter 2:2). Otherwise, we will not fulfill our call on earth.

Jesus, the Living Word

Jesus is the Living Word of God (John 1:1, Revelation 19:13). I have been transformed by my relationship with Him and by studying, meditating, and obeying the written Word through the power of the Holy Spirit. The more I fellowship with Him through the Word, the more I am transformed into His image (2 Corinthians 3:18).

I have not yet been perfected, and I’ve fallen and failed innumerable times, but this I do; I pick myself up, forget what is behind, and press on toward the goal (Philippians 3:14). So today, like Apostle Paul, I can say the words, “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

So this is why I write.

My writing reflects my journey to inward beauty and maturity in Christ. Some of my posts are personal, and some are scholarly articles on Christian doctrine. The scholarly articles are based on what God is teaching me, while the personal ones reflect my journey with the truth that has set me free.

I invite you to journey with me, and my prayer is that through this website, you will be encouraged to grow up spiritually and become more and more beautiful on the inside through the Living Word, Jesus Christ.

AMEN!!