Naming a new journey is a hard thing. Choosing a name that is meaningful, something that will convey the desire, the purpose, the goal and consist of two or three words is a special challenge. Words that make sense to me, and to someone who doesn't know what this is about. One that isn't misleading in it's first glance.
Here are all the names that I liked for one reason or another, with my top three asterisked:
Test All Things - 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Running My Race - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Secure My Crown - James 1:12
With Joy - 1 Peter 5:13
A Sure Foundation - Matthew 7:24-27
*Sanctify Them - John 17:17
Help My Unbelief - Mark 9:24
*Renewed in the Spirit - Ephesians 4:23
Created According to God - Ephesians 4:24
Sealed for the day - Ephesians 4:30
Well Done - Matthew 25:23
*Good and Faithful Servant - Matthew 25:23
Pure Milk - 1 Peter 2:1-3
He Who Overcomes - Revelation 2-3
Faithful Until Death - Revelation 2:10
Hold Fast - Revelation 2:25
Strengthen What Remains - Revelation 3:2
He Who Has an Ear - Revelation 2-3
I've also been moved by this passage for the past few months. I remember posting something about it on Facebook, which was pretty much ignored by my 700+ friends. I don't know... it seems as though I post something cute about the kids and everyone is all over it. Post something that I'm truly thinking about and it's left alone. Sidenote: Of my 700+ friends, at least 675 were church people from many different COGs.
There is a generation that curses its father,
And does not bless its mother.
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
There is a generation-- oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30:11-13
These verses spoke to me. I see "self-confidence" and "everyone wins" and "believe in yourself", "follow your heart", "you deserve this", etc. etc. etc. It's all around. It's everywhere. Living in this world is an emersion experiment of self-me-I. In America especially since I was in school we seem to be specializing in, "You can do anything you set your mind to! Now go do it!!!" (while mumbling in a very fast disclaimer at the bottom of the screen "please ignore the fact your child was passed from grade to grade whether or not he/she could read, write, and do arithmetic to the desired levels. We just want them out of our system so they no longer drag down our testing scores because after all that's what really matters. GO GET 'EM SON!") As a result my generation and below has been instilled with a disdain for older people. We have been unequipped to handle real life. We think we know everything and that we can do anything. And yet most of us are too lazy to do hard work, or better yet, too full of ourselves to start in an entry level position. My generation is this generation.
And we are in trouble.
Add to that, in my case, the calling God has given me and I have the opportunity to keep the status quo, or to overcome and soar.
I want to overcome. Overcome my American brainwashing. My laziness. My pride. My pain. My shortcomings. My culture. My desires. Me.
Alright God - I have prayed for you to cut gently. I have laid out some foundations of where I'm beginning. I'm ready to go. Help me cling to You. Help me keep to the trunk of the tree. Guide me to good resources - people, words and ideas that your spirit has strengthened. Keep me close. Help me. Sanctify me by Your truth - Your word is truth.
Renewing myself daily,
Mandie
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