Friday, September 22
perhaps it's time for me to start living up to my name in Christ
my baptism name is anna.
it's a simple name, spelt the same either way around
its letters can be rearranged to spell nana
but that is not what it is.
my name isn't in my identification documents
neither is it in my baptism certificate
it's a name that i seldom give, and never use
it's a name that i need to be able to live up to
anna means grace
grace is something that i need
God's grace so that my sins might be washed clean
grace is also something that i lack
gentleness, elegance, kindness, and gratitude
i guess the question,
which do i need to grow in to be 'the one'
really hit the nail on the head after all
instead of merely considering the qualities my better half ought to possess
what's more important is to look to myself
and see whether i embody or even match up to the qualities that i myself look for
anna was a prophetess
she was widowed after 7 years of marriage
and she did not remarry,
choosing instead, not to depart from the temple,
but to serve God with fasting night and day.
her faith, her patience and her self control
my three weakest areas
perhaps it seems like an irony that i chose this baptism name
or perhaps... this is what God is calling me to be.
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