What's in a Name?

Your name is something that follows you all your life. You don't get to choose it, it's chosen for you. Probably why so many parents put so much thought into what they will name their children. My brother named me...or at least gave me my middle name. My first name is Carol...I never use it. Steve had a little friend he played with on the back street named "LuAnn" and he begged mom to name me that. I get all kinds of spellings....LuAnne, LouAnn , louanne, Luann....I have a capital "A" in my name...guess it's no big deal, but when I have things monogrammed I want that "A"
capitalized. And to all my Andy Griffith friends, Gomer Pyle's girlfriend was "LuAnn Poovey". I know, my pastor's son used to call me that "all" the time! Anne of Anne of Green Gables was obsessed that people spell her name with and "e" on the end..it was so much more alluring! (her words). I looked up my name in Japanese and it means

Your Japanese Name Is...

Michiko Inoue

What's your Japanese Name?

Who knew?

When Daniel was born I somehow wanted him to have part of my dad's name since my dad died before he was born. Dad's name was Edd Ray Ketchie. My brother is Steven Ray, my great nephew is Tyler Ray, I have a cousin named Melissa Ray...I didn't think "Daniel Edd" flowed too well so I decided to combine Edd and Ray and came up with "EdRay", dropping the extra "d" in Edd and capitalizing the "R"....I know..that's more information than you needed. The point??? His name was to mean something, to carry on a name that was already meaningful to our family. Names are important.


I think about the Name that is above all Names... JESUS! Do a study sometime on the names of Jesus....I cry everytime I read them. I have a post where I listed all the names. Here is a list I found up with..I made "bold" some of the ones that bring me comfort...I know there are more! Many Hebrew names....

Advocate (1 John 2:1)
Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18)
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13)
Amen (Rev. 3:14)
Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1)
Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins (1 John 2:2)
Author of Life (Acts 3:15)
Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2)
Author of Salvation (Heb. 2:10)
Beginning and End (Rev. 22:13)
Blessed and only Ruler (1 Tim. 6:15)
Bread of God (John 6:33)
Bread of Life (John 6:35; 6:48)
Bridegroom (Mt. 9:15)
Capstone (Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7)
Chief Cornerstone (Eph. 2:20)
Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. 5:4)
Christ (1 John 2:22)
Creator (John 1:3)
Deliverer (Rom. 11:26)
Eternal Life (1 John 1:2; 5:20)
Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11)
Faithful Witness (Rev. 1:5)
Faithful and True Witness (Rev. 3:14)
First and Last (Rev. 1:17; 2:8; 22:13)
Firstborn From the Dead (Rev. 1:5)
Firstborn over all creation (Col. 1:15)
Gate (John 10:9)
God (John 1:1; 20:28; Heb. 1:8; Rom. 9:5; 2 Pet. 1:1;1 John 5:20; etc.)
Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
Great Shepherd (Heb. 13:20)
Great High Priest (Heb. 4:14)
Head of the Church (Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23)
Heir of all things (Heb. 1:2)
High Priest (Heb. 2:17)
Holy and True (Rev. 3:7)
Holy One (Acts 3:14)
Hope (1 Tim. 1:1)
Hope of Glory (Col. 1:27)
Horn of Salvation (Luke 1:69)
I Am (John 8:58)
Image of God (2 Cor. 4:4)
Immanuel (Mt. 1:23)
Judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42)
King Eternal (1 Tim. 1:17)
King of Israel (John 1:49)
King of the Jews (Mt. 27:11)
King of kings (1 Tim 6:15; Rev. 19:16) ( that makes me a princess!)
King of the Ages (Rev. 15:3)
Lamb (Rev. 13:8)
Lamb of God (John 1:29)
Lamb Without Blemish (1 Pet. 1:19)
Last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45)
Life (John 14:6; Col. 3:4)
Light of the World (John 8:12)
Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5)
Living One (Rev. 1:18)
Living Stone (1 Pet. 2:4)
Lord (2 Pet. 2:20)
Lord of All (Acts 10:36)
Lord of Glory (1 Cor. 2:8)
Lord of lords (Rev. 19:16)
Man from Heaven (1 Cor. 15:48)
Mediator of the New Covenant (Heb. 9:15)
Mighty God (Isa. 9:6)
Morning Star (Rev. 22:16)
Offspring of David (Rev. 22:16)
Only Begotten Son of God (John 1:18; 1 John 4:9)
Our Great God and Savior (Titus 2:13)
Our Holiness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Husband (2 Cor. 11:2)
Our Protection (2 Thess. 3:3)
Our Redemption (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30)
Our Sacrificed Passover Lamb (1 Cor. 5:7)
Power of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Precious Cornerstone (1 Pet. 2:6)
Prophet (Acts 3:22)
Rabbi (Mt. 26:25)
Resurrection and Life (John 11:25)
Righteous Branch (Jer. 23:5)
Righteous One (Acts 7:52; 1 John 2:1)
Rock (1 Cor. 10:4)
Root of David (Rev. 5:5; 22:16)
Ruler of God’s Creation (Rev. 3:14)
Ruler of the Kings of the Earth (Rev. 1:5)
Savior (Eph. 5:23; Titus 1:4; 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:20)
Son of David (Lk. 18:39)
Son of God (John 1:49; Heb. 4:14)
Son of Man (Mt. 8:20)
Son of the Most High God (Lk. 1:32)
Source of Eternal Salvation for all who obey him (Heb. 5:9)
The One Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5)
The Stone the builders rejected (Acts 4:11)
True Bread (John 6:32)
True Light (John 1:9)
True Vine (John 15:1)
Truth (John 1:14; 14:6)
Way (John 14:6)
Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Word (John 1:1)
Word of God (Rev. 19:13)

My boys are Daniel and Sean. Daniel's name is a strong name, pretty sraightforward. Sean's name gets some interesting interpretations. We get "Shane", Sean ( like Shawn)
Sean ( prounounced SEEN????) when it's really "Sean and is "Shon" like John". He's so funny...he'll tell you in a flash when you don't say it right.

"Jesus..name above all name"...he knows when we are calling his name, no matter how we say it, or which name we call him. And think of all the Hebrew names and what they mean?

What's in a name...In the name of Jesus...more than we could comprehend!