CALLED BY NAME TOO

CALLED BY NAME TOO


After the RESURRECTION=
When Jesus first appeared
To Mary Magdalene


She does NOT remember him=
Maybe she is too focused
On the empty tomb


But she does RECOGNIZE HIM
When he CALLS HER by NAME


“Thinking he was the gardener=
She said=
'Sir-if you have
Carried him away


Tell me where you
Have put him
And I will get him”


“Jesus said to her-'Mary'” John 20:15-16


And at once=she recognizes him=
And cried out=”Rabboni”
(which means TEACHER)


At the same time
HOW OFTEN as we
Go through the motions
Of life


NOT really recognizing
What we are doing


Then Jesus CALLS us out
By NAME and it
Takes on
A whole new SIGNIFICANCE


Our lives really
Take on MEANING=
That is the WAY that it is
When Jesus=
Calls us by name=for
JUST LIKE Mary


We are
CALLED BY NAME TOO


“Those who know
Your NAME
Trust in you


For you Lord
Have never forsaken
Those who seek you” Psalm 9:10


“Then you will win favor
And a GOOD NAME


In the sight
Of God and man” Proverbs 3:4


“Salvation is found
In no one else


For there is
NO OTHER NAME
Under heaven given
To mankind


By which
We must be saved” Acts 4:12


Just IMAGINE how SURPRISED-
How taken back
Mary is


When he appears
To her first-
After the RESURRECTION


And even remembers
HER NAME


I am taken back
And SURPRISED when God
Remembers my name


REMEMBERS ME in the
ORDINARY course of
My life-
Throughout the day


I am in total AWE=that God=
That Jesus=remembers me
During my day=
HOW ABOUT YOU?


“You answer us
With AWESOME and righteous deeds=
God our Savior


The hope
Of all the ends
Of the earth
And of the farthest seas” Psalm 65:5


“He provided
REDEMPTION for his people


He ordained
His covenant forever---------
Holy and AWESOME
Is his NAME” Psalm 111:9


And holy and AWESOME is
Our NAME=and Mary of MAGDALENE'S
Name


As he SPEAKS our name=now=
And UNTIL the end of time


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our LORD=our HOLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
4-22-19