Called by Name
Do you know that God knows you by name? To God you are not a nobody. To God you are his beloved child. To God you are a very special person. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered…
