Have you ever looked up the meaning of your name? I imagine there’s a great sense of purpose that comes with discovering the meaning of a name…. but not always.
I never liked my name as a kid because I couldn’t find it among the bazillion name tags on the spinning carousel in my local pharmacy. I couldn’t find it anywhere!
People didn’t know how to say my name, never heard it before, and seemed disappointed when I couldn’t tell them what it meant. Decades later, and thanks to the internet, I claimed a plausible meaning, but it still felt….meh!
To make matters worse, I recall with painful clarity sitting across from my therapist years ago and asking, “When can I stop coming here?” to which he replied, “When you know who you are!”
Ugh!! How was I supposed to know who I was when I didn’t even know anything about my name, other than how to spell it! I felt lost.
But then Christ!
Becoming part of the commonwealth of Israel and finding my identity in Christ has truly been life-changing and anchoring; but I must confess, the questions surrounding my birth name never went away.
Names are prophetic and reveal so much about a person. It’s fascinating!
So let me ask you:
What do you know to be true about yourself that is revealed in your name? Did you receive a name that you can claim and own with pride?
