Who You Are - 365 Devotions to Embrace What Matters Most
Who You Are
What’s your name? Though you can’t answer me, it’d be wonderful to know. Specifically, your first name—your personal name.
Not your nickname. Nicknames, even if they describe something positive (and they rarely do), most often reveal only one part of us. They limit who we are to others and to ourselves.
Last names? At best, they describe only who our parents are, which could be good or bad. But they can also limit us in discovering our personal identities.
A first name is personal though. It is individual. It represents you.
Who you are matters, because how you identify yourself essentially determines the life you will live. It is the foundation for how you think, what you do, how you see the world, what kind of work you might pursue, or the kind of person you might marry.
So what is your name? It’d be wonderful to know.
They were going to name him after his father Zechariah, but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
—Luke 1:59–60
