{"id":2822,"date":"2014-10-02T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2014-10-02T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T12:12:03","slug":"open-when-you-need-a-new-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2014\/10\/open-when-you-need-a-new-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Open When You Need a New Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sometimes, I\u2019m thankful for my unique name.\u00a0 Sometimes not.\u00a0 Sometimes I love the instant conversation starter and sometimes I I grow weary of the questions about my nationality, the origin of my name, the correct spelling, the insinuation that I\u2019m somehow more interesting than most because my name is different.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I feel exactly like Daysha and Chantel:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n(funny aside, spell check is going all catywompus with this post: UNIQUE NAMES CAUSE ALL THE RED SWIGGLY LINES!) \nI have experienced all the struggle of having a unique name including one not mentioned:\u00a0 My name has no meaning.\u00a0 The name \u201cOsheta\u201d is a combination of my father\u2019s past and his future hopes and yet, it doesn\u2019t reflect me at all.\u00a0 So I\u2019ve carried the burden of creating a new meaning for this very different name. \nSince I didn\u2019t have baby books and bible characters to tell me my name\u2019s meaning, I looked to my family to craft the etymology of \u201cOsheta\u201d. \nWhen I was five and noticed my mama didn\u2019t have a ring on her finger,\u00a0 I paid close attention to my older brother.\u00a0 Occasionally he\u2019d scowl in my direction, sneer when he said my name, called at me with such a derision, I wondered, \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t my own brother love me?\u201d I soon found out when I heard him yelling at our father, \u201cYou brought that woman and her child into our lives.\u00a0 She shouldn\u2019t be here.\u00a0 She ruined our family dad!\u00a0 You ruined our family by cheating on Ma.\u201d \nMy mama was the \u201cother woman\u201d and my brother, my half-brother blamed me for his broken family.\u00a0To my little five year old mind, this made complete sense.\u00a0 I was the first child of the affair.\u00a0 The pregnancy that bore me, ushered in betrayal and grief for an unsuspecting family.\u00a0 Mistake.\u00a0 Unplanned.\u00a0 Sinful.\u00a0 The very knitting together of my heart and bones in my mother\u2019s womb was wrong.\u00a0 At least, that\u2019s what I thought.<\/p>\nAnd when I called myself, \u201cMistake\u201d my little five, six, seven, eight, nine and all the way to thirteen year old self acted like a mistake\u2014 I lived into that name.\u00a0<\/strong> I all klutzy and akimbo. Stutters and shyness. Quiet and unsure.<\/p>\nThen an older woman at church noticed me studying the Bible, asking honest questions, praying loudly, trying to get the God who specializes in brokenness restoration\u00a0 to notice me so\u00a0 she sat me down and said, \u201cOsheta, I see you. You are anointed by God.\u00a0 I\u2019ve noticed you really love him and you\u2019re not afraid to seek him.\u00a0 You are anointed.\u00a0 You will do great things for him.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure of it!\u201d<\/p>\nAnointed.\u00a0 No longer a mistake.\u00a0 No longer unplanned.\u00a0 No longer sinful.\u00a0 Like the prophet coming to unlikely David and anointing him king, I felt like God sent that teacher specifically to call me to live into my new name.\u00a0 Anointed.<\/strong><\/p>\nAnd when I called myself, my thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, all the way to\u00a0 eighteen year old self, \u201canointed\u201d\u2014I lived into that name.\u00a0 I was all brave words and bible studies.\u00a0 Worship gatherings and leadership workshops.\u00a0 Prayers at the poles and prayer language at the altar. \nSo today, my Lovelies!\u00a0 What names are you calling yourself?\u00a0 What meanings are you attaching to your name?\u00a0 Who are you letting craft the etymology of your \u201cSarah\u201d, \u201cAlison\u201d, \u201cAbby\u201d, \u201cJessica\u201d, or whatever your name is? \nIf your name doesn\u2019t reflect the gorgeous, image bearer that you are, can I offer you a few suggestions?:<\/p>\nStunning Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10)<\/p>\nFearless Friend\u00a0 ( 2 Timothy 4:17)<\/p>\nBold Prayer Warrior (Hebrews 4:16)<\/p>\nBeloved (Psalm 58:10, 1 John 3:1)<\/p>\nTo name a few.<\/p>\nWhen I think about Jesus and how he\u2019s our Good Shepard and the sheep comes to him because he calls them by name, I can\u2019t imagine he\u2019s standing across from me calling me a mistake.\u00a0 I\u2019m confident he\u2019s calling me, \u201cAnointed\u201d, \u201cBeloved\u201d, \u201cHis Masterpiece\u201d.\u00a0 And when I do this\u2026I live in to it. \n Dear Friend\u2013 Live into the your real name!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nDon\u2019t let anyone but Jesus craft the meaning of your name or attached words to you identity.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let yourself believe that he\u2019s calling you anything but good, lovely, hopeful, and beautiful. \nBecause you are.\u00a0 Because you are his.<\/p>\nToday I found this picture on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/159682999\/art-print-instant-download-hand-drawn-i?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=identity+in+christ+printable&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BlossomandVine\u2019s\u00a0 Etsy store<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s so perfect that I want to mail a copy to you a few of you my readers.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/il_570xn-490558699_33a1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/il_570xn-490558699_33a1.jpg\" alt=\"il_570xN.490558699_33a1\" width=\"570\" height=\"570\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nComment below with:<\/strong> \n \u201cWhen Jesus calls me by name he say\u2026.\u201d<\/strong> \nThe first five lovelies who comment will get a love bomb from me this week.<\/p>\nLive into Your RIGHT NAME,<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/signature.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1095\" src=\"https:\/\/oshetablogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" width=\"153\" height=\"64\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes, I\u2019m thankful for my unique name.\u00a0 Sometimes not.\u00a0 Sometimes I love the instant conversation starter and sometimes I I grow weary of the questions about my nationality, the origin of my name, the correct spelling, the insinuation that I\u2019m somehow more interesting than most because my name is different. 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