I Have Called You By Name

I will give you treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. Isaiah 45:3 NIV

On October 24, I attended the Circle of Friends "A New Name" Seminar. It has already been mentioned by two people in the past week and a half,(on this websites blog and devotional) and I too will share what I felt God spoke to me.

While I was sitting there listening to Jocelyn share, I had a flashback to an old TV program I saw years ago. It was the old Dick Van Dyke show. He was a writer, and was married to Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) and had a son, Richie. The program was about the middle name his son had, and how it came about. Richie said he didn't want his friends to find out his middle name, because it was stupid. He asked why his middle name was "ROSEBUD".

His parents began to explain why he was given that middle name. The story went on to say that everyone in the family had suggestions, and they simply could not make up their minds. They didn't want to offend their families, so they came up with the idea of naming him all of the names suggested, but only using the first initial of each name. Hence, ROSEBUD. I thought about it and I came up with names that through God, we can be called. Here is what I came up with:

R- Reedemed : Colossians 1:14

O- Overcomer : 1 John 5:4

S- Saved : Matthew 16:16

E- Encouraged: Colossians 2:2

B- Blameless: 1 Corinthians 1:8

U- Upright: Psalm 33:1

D- Delivered : Psalm34:4

Lord, help me top believe that You know me, that You love me, and that I am a child of God! I am a ROSEBUD. Amen

Becki Reiser