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“Your Name”
“Therefore Adonai Himself will give you
people a sign:
the young woman will become pregnant, bear a son
and name Him
‘Immanu El
[God is with us].” (Isa 7:14 Complete Jewish Bible)
“She will give
birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua,
[which means ‘Adonai saves,’]
because He will save His people
from their sins.” (Matt 1:21 Complete Jewish Bible.)
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Dear family of friends,
The visit to the maternity ward last night caught me by surprise.
The young couple, family friends of ours for over 24 years, hadn’t named their
one day old son yet! I couldn’t believe it.
As I held “To Be Named Later” in my arms, I was asking the Lord to
myself, “Is this “Isaac”? Could he be “Joel” (after his uncle), “Barney” (not
the TV character); Jimmie #48…?”
Hey, maybe another Steven! (There are only 70 other Steve Martins
in NC alone.) Probably just in the greater Charlotte area itself!)
Whom is this baby boy you have blessed us with, Adonai? What is
his given name?
Do you know your name is probably your most precious possession
that you have been given?
Think about it. You can have a special hairdo, and change it every
week. You can put all kinds of ink on your body to make you stand out, but will
be gone when your grave is all we see. You can even put on the latest fad to
“keep up with the Jones’, or Robertsons’ now a days, to have that edge I guess
and make your name popular, if that is what you consider important.
But your name. That is special, and I believe the Lord Himself gave
it to you.
When our four kids (now full grown adults with kids of their own)
were about to be birthed, both Laurie and I were involved in choosing their special
names. In our attempt to get it right, we used the “Name Your Baby” book,
checked relatives names, noted what was “popular” at the time. But in the end,
we were led by the Lord in naming each of them.
Josh would be a leader. Like Joshua
of Exodus.
Ben would be the “son - of the right hand”, as it means in Hebrew,
“Ben-jamin”. I know he is.
Hannah would be one who loved children. And she surely does!
Christen almost was named “Kristen”, but the Lord told us her name
was to be spelled “Christen” – even as “Christ”,
our Messiah and Lord.
If you think you were named by accident, or maybe don’t even like
your name, trust that something as important as who you are, especially in the
Lord’s eyes and heart, was not a mistake. The Lord knows you by name. When all
is said and done, He calls you by your name, for He was certainly involved when
you were in His heart from all eternity.
Just let Him know, even now, how grateful you are that He knows you.
That He knows your name. You are special to Him. He loves you so much.
Ahava (love in
Hebrew) to my family of friends,
Steve Martin
Founder/President
P.S. Our Lord has many names, as written in our Bible, the
Scriptures, both in the Old Testament (Tanakh in Hebrew) and in the New
Testament (B’rit Hadashah).
The one I like most is “Yeshua – “Adonai saves”.
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Ahava Love Letter #56 “Your Name” Date: In the year of
our Lord 2013 (05/31/13 Friday, 5:00 am. Charlotte, NC)
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