A lot of my posts lately have been long, so here's a short one. :)
On Saturday, I had "dinner" (we shared Nachos and couldn't finish it) with a new friend at Applebee's and then we went over to Starbucks. We talked about a lot of things during that 5 hour time frame... Christ, society, family, medical issues, personal feelings, fashion, emergent/”feel good” churches, expositional teaching, marriage, parents, jobs and Christianity (I copied that from her blog). I said some silly things, but anyone who has known me for 5 minutes knows I can be a ditz sometimes. Like, for example... I was talking about the crazy surveys my friends on myspace do and how I'm going to lose a ton of sleep when I get a real job and I'm not a temp anymore because I'll actually be working and won't have time to do the surveys during the day. ha ha
Of all the things we talked about, I left with a deep thought about names and how we're named and how it's never an accident about our name. Just like people in Biblical times were named for a reason, it's still true today. My name is Christina (duh). My name means Christian ==> follower of Christ. Ok, so great... that isn't too much of a deep thought. But, what I never ever thought about before is that I am the only person in my immediate family that is a devoted follower of Christ. I know it sounds silly on the surface, because it did to me, too. But just think about it. I could have been named Erica (or however you choose to spell it). Why did they pick Christina over Erica? I can say on a fleshly level, Christina was one of my dad's aunt's name... Christine. I don't know if I was named after her on a fleshly level, but it seems like it. But, just like how Jacob and Abraham were named, for example, I don't think it was an accident I was named Christina after thinking about it.
What does your name mean? Are you living up to your name? Thinking about this actually challenged me to be a better Christian and increase my time with God.. so I've been listening to only KWVE and The Fish the past few days in my car... what an amazing difference it has made. I have been so calm since Saturday!!!
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A friend referenced this verse in an email - I just have to close with it... 2 Peter 1:3 (NIV) His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
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Your middle name means:
"Clear Pool"
Origin is "English", not Greek or Latin or anything.
Also the spiritual connotation is:
"Holy"
The scripture associated with it is:
Proverbs 9:10 NKJV
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
I'm even more convinced of me being named my name was no accident.
Thank you for spending time with my wife. Yes, she's a "name" expert ever since we purchased that book.
My name, ALEX, means "Defender of Mankind." And with my two strongest Spiritual gifts--according to fellow brethren--of discernment and exhortation, I have concluded that indeed God chose my name--as He chose me--before creation.
Amanda and I will be getting our Disney Passes soon. Maybe we can catch dinner there so i can meet you as well.
God bless you.
Thanks for letting your wife come out with a strange stranger. haha
Disney would be fun! My pass expires for the year on Sept 22 (my bday!) and I am considering getting the pass where only Saturdays are blocked out. Have not decided yet! I can't handle Indiana Jones (back issues), tho'.
I don't know when the Calvary group is having their game night next (board games, card games, etc) but I hope it's soon... can you and Amanda come out and play that night? I'll give you plenty of warning...
It's SO awesome that things like this are never an accident! :D
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