Good day to all.  My name is Glenn York.  That may not mean a whole lot to a great deal of people and a vast number of people will never know me and will never hear my name.  That’s o.k.  There are a lot of people in this world that I will never know.  But my name is important to some very important people…my family, my friends, my church, etc., but most important is it that my name is known by my Heavenly Father.  He knows me and calls me by name.  We are on speaking terms and I am welcome into His presence at any time.  How important it is for Him to know our names.  Not as though He doesn’t know us from “Adam”, so to speak, but to know us personally.  In addition to us having our name known by so many, it  is also important to know what our name says to them when they hear our name or think on our name.  God’s Word says that “A good name is rather to be chosen that great riches and loving favor than silver and gold.”  (Proverbs 22:1).   We need to guard our name by ensuring that the life that is attached to that name is a life that brings honor to it and to the God we serve.  We call it ‘our testimony’.  In Ecclesiastes 7:1 we are told, “A good name is better than precious ointment”.  A good name should have a positive effect on those hear it .  When people hear your name what thoughts would it conjure in their minds and would it be a name that brings honor to the Lord Jesus Christ when it is spoken.   May we never ber ashamed of our name.  Who has the greatest name?  That would be Jesus Christ, for there is no other name given under Heaven among men whereby we must be saved.

Until then…

Bro. Glenn