Name Change

Our Lord is a name changer. He changed Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, Jacob to Israel. He changed my name from broken to beautiful, weak to strong, condemned to exonerated. How has He changed your name?   ~Wendy Pope

I also think of things like from rejected to accepted, hopeless to filled with hope, unloved to loved, scared to trust anyone to trusting Him with my all, joyless to joy-filled, ungrateful to thankful, fearful to fearless, insecure to secure in who I am through Him, worthless to a treasure, sinner to forgiven, lowly to the child of a King.  

One other thing I think the Lord can change the most is taking someone from being religious to being in a relationship with Him, where rules and rituals are replaced with a friendship, a loving relationship with Jesus.  There is such a difference! One is based on love, the other is based on rules and often times, what one does wrong. Jesus wants us to just be with Him, to allow Him to be our Savior, and to change to be like Him because we love Him.  A relationship with Christ brings about that change because we love Him, because we want to be like Him in the way we live.  He summed up how we should live by telling us to love God, love others.  When we do this, all is fulfilled and complete.  

He wants to change our names.  What has He changed yours to be, or what do you want your name to be changed to?  Give it up to Jesus, and give Him thanks.