A New Name

The other day I was walking around Lebanon visiting some individuals and I saw a lady walking my way. I said, “Hello, Rose, how are you today?” She never missed a beat. “Didn’t you hear? I changed me name. I am no longer Rose, my legal name is ‘Amanda’” (name changed to protect her privacy). I didn’t really know what to say as I had never encountered a situation like that before. I simply told her that was a nice name. But she wasn’t done yet. Amanda told me, “Rose represented my old life and all of the baggage that I had in the past, I wanted free of that.”

While I don’t think that you need to legally change your name to get over your past, she was celebrating her new life. And she thought her new life was best summarized with a new name.

That reminds me of an old gospel song title “A New Name in Glory”.

There’s a new name written down in glory,
And it’s mine, O yes, it’s mine!
And the white robed angels sing the story,
“A sinner has come home.”
For there’s a new name written down in glory,
And it’s mine, O yes, it’s mine!
With my sins forgiven I am bound for Heaven,
Never more to roam.

My prayer today is that we will be passionate about the new life that God offers to all.