Name Above All Names
(This is a repost from March 22, 2022.) Shakespeare wrote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." I am not quite convinced (like Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables) that a rose would smell quite as beautiful if it were called a thistle or a skunkcabbage. 😆 When we name our children, we often think long and hard about what this child will be called for the rest of their lives. Perhaps it is a beloved relative's name, or the name of a special person or place. Often we research the meanings and choose one that reflects a positive image or message. Maybe we just like the way the name sounds when combined with a middle or last name. Depending on who you read, there are somewhere between 200 to 350 (possibly more) different names for Jesus in the Bible! What we must understand is in the Hebrew culture of Biblical times, names were much more than just a title. Names conveyed a description of who or w...