Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, December 14, 2019
by R. Fergus Moir, Clergy Stuff
Names are powerful things. Parents take seriously the choice of their children’s names. They confer on this new human being what will become central to their identity. To be called by name is to be claimed in love.
I remember when my daughter was born, after a fairly horrific labor and 5am c-section. The moment I was told she was a girl and saw her for the first time, I literally cried, “Oh! Eiledon! Hi, Eiledon!” She and her name became one to me.
There is something so beautiful and powerful about being called by name. And God does this. He calls not only his beloved people as a whole by name, but each and every one of us individually, speaking us into existence, welcoming us with inexpressible love.
Mother/Father God, you have called me by name and I belong to you. Amen.
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