Just
yesterday, we lost a Broadway great, Elaine Stritch.
She’s had a theatre career
spanning decades.
In
remembrance of her, I turned to good old Netflix and caught a documentary about
her, “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me.” And in the film, she recounted a time in which
she, as a child, was restless, bothering her mother. In an aggravated response,
her mother told her to amuse herself and leave her alone. So, Elaine did. She
proceeded to kill a number of flies, spelling out her name. A foreshadowing of
Marquee letters to come?
Anyway, what
gripped me about that story was the power of name and identity. We often go to
such vast lengths and even destructive extremes to be seen, to be known, to be
significant.
But we
already are those things.
Cue God.
“Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are
subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.”
Luke 10:20
“And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden
riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call
thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.”
Isaiah 45:3
“I have chosen you and have not cast you away.”
Isaiah 41:9
"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.”
Isaiah 49:16
“Do
not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!”
Isaiah
43:1
We’d do
well, therefore, to remember and apply these scriptures and spiritual truths.
We’re loved and valuable, as is.
No fly
killing required.
Copyright © 2014 by
Sheryle Cruse
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