Your Name

 All morning, even before I got up, which was early, this phrase, “Your Name Is like no other”, keeps coming into my mind. It is a new song we have sung at church, and I can’t quote all the words, but I know the One of whom we sing. Most of my inspirations start with one word, redeemed, love, hope, all apart of Your Name, but today one word does not suffice. “There is no other name by which man may be saved.” “At the Name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.””I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.” Those are just a few of the verses of scripture that tell of Your Name. I realize that my mind is incapable of encompassing the words requires to descript You Lord. Abe Lincoln once said that all that I am, I am because of my Godly mother. My mother was a wonderful woman, no man could have had one better, but no one, or nothing else, has touched my life like Jesus.
     Your Name Lord, has been the backbone of the Christian church. In Your Name the lame have walked, caused the blind to see, redeemed countless numbers of people around the world. By the power of Your Name man has been given a second chance. I often think what it must have been like to have met You first hand. To have witnessed Your miracles, to hear Your messages, to experience the joy when You arose from the grave. You even gave us the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, a part of you, to reside within us, to guide us, along life’s way. You have told us that you will come again and take us home with you to reside in your presence for eternity. Wow, how wonderful is that!
     One of life’s great mysteries for me has been how an all seeing, all knowing God, could love mankind enough to send His only begotten son to come to this world, give His life for my sin and by His blood I now am saved. Not only have I been redeemed but I have Your presence in my life daily. Your grace provides me strength for all of life’s issues I encounter, I am never alone, for You care for me. From, (John 14:16-19) “I  will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive Him and does not recognize Him. But you do, because He lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. In just a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will. For I will live again and you will, too.”  Praise you Jesus!
     Your Name Lord, when I think of you, I think of what life should be. We live in a troubled world, our country teeters on the brink of collapse, spiritually, socially, economically because I fear we have lost our first love. Yes, there was a time in the history of this great country, so blessed by your leadership, we wrote into our very laws, the principles within your word.  Today, we are allowing every conceivable ungodly element center stage. Much has been lost. It is no longer though that, “In God we Trust,” is appropriate for our coins or a statement of our country’s belief. Your Name has seemly lost favor in the halls of Congress as we allow the unthinkable to become law. How can we allow partial birth abortion. Any way you see it breaks your law and I fear that the lives taken, the blood shed, carries with it the cry for justice. Some day man will cry out for the rocks to fall upon them so they might hide from your justice. Man will find out soon enough of the power of Your Name.
     Yes, I long for the day when the affairs of this world will change. When I will reside with You forevermore, but until that day I pray that I, with my brother’s and sister’s in Christ, will continue to be faithful to our calling. Help us to seek your will, your guidance, may Your Name direct us and keep us until that day. Once again I have fallen short in my ability to express what is in my heart. Your Name brings joy to my heart and gives me energy to carry on. I praise You and want nothing more than to bring glory to Your Name, in all I do. May my life be an extension of Your Love. Praise Your Name forever!

Have a great day!
Bill