Namely Names
I never thought much about names
when I was growing up. They simply helped people keep each other straight. Sometimes last names were necessary to
further differentiate people, i.e. "Johnny who?" Then I grew up, got
married and our first child was on the way.
We began discussing names. It was a much more complicated process than I
had imagined. I never put that much thought or effort into naming my pet frogs,
turtles, rabbits, cat and dog (I never named my cars, though. They came from
the factory with names).
I discovered that names have
meanings. Who knew? The sound of the name, the commonality of the name and the
meaning all came into play. We wanted decidedly masculine and feminine names
for our kids, yet not too common or too obscure. Sometimes we discarded names
we liked because they meant something we didn't like.
During the name searching times, I
discovered my name meant, "kind, honest, handsome, considerate."
Sometimes people live up to their names, sometimes they don't.
Remember, our identity does not come
from our disability, or occupation, or physical attributes. It is our character
and our name can become synonymous with our character.
Names of characters in the Bible
are important many times. The most
important is, of course, Jesus. The name "Jesus" means
"Savior" and Jesus lived up to His name! He died for me! And you. All
we have to do is accept it. He is our Savior that wants to save all who trust
in Him.
"Then Jesus… John 1:38a "For
the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:10
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