The One Year ALIVE DEVOTIONS for Students
Chapter One
JANUARY
1 JANUARY
The Personal Tag
Rejoice because your names are registered in heaven. LUKE 10:20
I have a strange habit. Whenever I travel, the first thing I do upon checking into a hotel or
stopping for gas is to open the local phone book. I want to know whether anyone else has my
name. So far, no one has. But then, I have an unusual name: S. Rickly Christian.
That name, assigned by my parents, was written on a blue plastic bracelet and attached
to my arm after birth. These bracelets, given to all babies, were the hospital's way of ensuring
that newborns wouldn't accidentally get switched.
Later, that name was the first word I learned to scribble with crayons. It became the name
my friends used when they shouted for me down a crowded hall; the name my coach bellowed
when I didn't swim fast enough; the name my girlfriend whispered in my ear, causing goose
bumps on my neck.
More than any other label, my name symbolizes who I am: my person ... read full excerpt from: The One Year Alive Devotions for Students ebook
