It is My Name!!!

Recently I've done a lot of thinking about names. It's odd, but true. I've thought about there meanings, there importance, there orgins. All that good stuff that comes from a name. Then on Sunday it really hit me. You see, Sunday was my birthday. Yes, it's true. I celebrated my 26th birthday- don't every gasp at once : ) I was thinking about that joyous day when I was brought into this world and my parents looked at my gorgeous face and said, "Will call her....TISHONA MARIE...." As a child, that name was well....odd. It's definitely rare, if not ever heard of around these parts, but it is my name. As I got older I began to appreciate it more and more. I mean it is my name. Then do you ever have those moments when you truly realize..IT IS MY NAME!!! I began to do some research online. I was curious about the meaning of names. I began to search on baby name websites different names and there meanings. Well as you could probably have guessed..Tishona is no where to be found. But, it is my name!! This saddened me, but not too much. I then remembered another baby who was born and brought into this world. When his obedient parents looked at his gorgeous face they said, "We will call him JESUS!!!"

Wow! Isn't that fabulous : ) That is HIS NAME!! I was then reading in Isaiah 9:6, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." THOSE ARE HIS NAMES!!! Jesus has many names. These names represent all of who He is. There are many more than the scripture in Isaiah mentions. I was thinking back on this year that I have just experienced. I was thinking of the different characters that God has shown Himself to be to me. He has surely been my Counselor, my Prince of Peace, Restorer of my soul, Sanctuary, and Lover of my soul. His names are great! He is great!

This Christmas as we thank God for the birth of His son and the gift of eternal life that we have through Jesus, let us be aware of His name!! As His name is on our lips, let us praise Him for all of who He is!! Remember Acts 4:12 "SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN TO MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED."