Recently I had the opportunity to teach Sunday school. I’ve actually been teaching once a month this summer. It’s been great but also super challenging. I love working with kids but I’m definitely not used to working with younger children, adolescents is sort of my jam. It was definitely eye opening. Teaching young children about God’s Word is rejuvenating! Children really do have a child like faith and it’s fun to watch them soak in all you have to say. They aren’t so turned off by scripture and they are definitely more receptive. This past Sunday we had dicussion about all God says we are and who He calls us to be. My good friend Claire spoke about the power of the name we have and it’s meaning. I’ve never known what my name means. I never looked it up or was brought up to think it meant anything other than that it was the name my parents chose for me. This past weekend I did some research on my name, mostly out of curiosity. I was wowed by the meaning of my name and what power it has held in my life. After all, God calls us all by name and there are reasons we have the names we do. My name is Casandra Marcelle. Casandra means unheeded prophetess and Marcelle means hammer or warring. I didn’t really know what to do with either of these things so I did some research, obviously, and found that unheeded means heard or noticed but disregarded. Some synonyms for unheeded are disregarded, ignored, or neglected. When I read this I almost started to weep because that’s how I’ve felt my whole life. I know I am not disregarded, I know that, but I feel it from all angles of life. When I speak no one listens or that’s how I feel sometimes. What’s astonishing though is the second part of that name, prophetess. I am called to be a prophetess. Wow. I’m not really sure what that means yet but I’m learning day by day to be a prophetess for the Lord. My words have value, even when people don’t listen. My second given name means hammer which I think is a strongness about me. I have a hammer exterior and I am driven. All of these things have been spoken over me before, I just didn’t think they were real. Some of these meanings are still unknown to me but I’m proud of the name God and my parents have chosen for me. I’m ready to demonstrate these characteristics in my life! Super cool!
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