Names

One thing about names: they are all God-given. Somehow, God influenced our parents to give us the names we now have. Our names are not an accident nor were they picked or created at random.

My own name means "rock, stubborn, pure, straight, honest". And I find that my personality seems to reflect my name. Could my parents have known how I would be like in the future when they registered my name?

Question: How true are we to our names? Are we living up to our names? If we aren't, it's not too late. With God's help, we can begin today to change so that God may be honoured each time our names are called or mentioned.

Consider how God named the first man, and the patriarchs named their children. Also Jabez whose prayer God answered so his name will be a blessing instead of it's actual meaning or significance.

One last thing: my friends were just blessed with a baby boy whom they fondly christened: Josiah "Jed", which prompted me to blog this. And I like that name because of the Biblical record.

I'd like to name my future son "Jedidiah" and daughter "Jemimah". Both names are mentioned in the Bible. Look them up if you'd like to know why I chose these names...

Incidentally, my nephews are named: Joshua and Jonathan. But I had these names in mind when I came across them as I read the Bible cover to cover, timed way before both my nephews were born.