Greetings (fill in the blank with your name)...
"A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold." (Pro-Verbs 22:1)
Years ago...I looked up my name in the dictionary, and I mistakenly read that my name meant "bum". I was devastated. I went home...and asked my mom why she named me what she named me. She told me that she liked the sound of the name. Well...I later found out that I was looking in the wrong place...and that my name meant..."famous one".
Wow...what a difference. One meaning made me feel inferior...the other...lifted me up. Well a GOOD NAME really is desirable. Your name...is representative of WHO YOU ARE. When someone hears your name...what do they think? Well...what they think...is usually rooted in your consistent behaviour over a period of time.
The group Dogwood (with Steve and Annie Chapman and Ron Elder)...sang a song off of their first album AFTER THE FLOOD, BEFORE THE FIRE...called..."Remember Whose Child You Are". When my son goes out...I remind him to "act like he's somebody." What he does...how he acts reflects on who he is...and who his mom and dad are. And most important...our name reflects other people's perception of who and what Christians are...followers of Jesus.
A GOOD NAME truly is more desirable than great riches, and to be esteemed is better than silver and gold.
Jesus (God is Salvation)...Immanuel (God with us)...is the NAME above all names. If you are a true believer in the death, burial, resurrection of Jesus the Christ...HIS NAME is above your name. I am not a BUM...or FAMOUS ONE...but my name is superseded by the name of JESUS.
Love and Named Kisses
Rodney "Remembering Whose Child I Am" Boyd
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