My Name

Ruth 1:20–21, NIVCall me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty.After Naomi first lost her husband in death and then her two married sons, she was sodiscouraged that she tried to change her name from Naomi, which means "myjoy," to Mara, which means "bitter." She was telling people, "I'm bitter. I'm broken. My dreams are shattered. Just let me live in my pain." Sure, she had suffered through deep losses, but that didn't mean God was finished with her. God ultimately turned her circumstances around, and she went on to see her best days. Have you changed your name, so to speak, to Mara? Are you living bitter and negative, thinking and rethinking about everything that didn't work out? What you've gone through may have been difficult and painful, but God knows how to bring good out of it. Do yourself a favor and go back to being who God created you to be. God didn'tchange your name. He still calls you blessed, prosperous, favored, healthy,strong, and victorious. Go back to your original name.Father, thank You for promising me grace for every season, and You won't allow me to go through more than what I can handle. Thank You that You will bring good out ofthe unfair things that I've gone through. I will not change my name from whatYou call me. In Jesus' Name, AmenSend us Fan Mail Pastor Ricardo and Nuvia McCalla and company