Your NEW name

I always liked Romeo and Juliet, especially teaching it to my ninth grade English class. The line "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" reminds me of Juliet's plight, one of loving another by whose name was detested within her family and love should just be, right? Well, not quite. Through the entire play there is a sense of innocence lost and then nonsensical hate based on a family name and well, we all know how it ends.

So why bring up this "star-crossed lovers tragedy"? Well because many times we are losing a sense of who we are when going through life's changes, namely a divorce. We ask ourselves so many questions: Why did it have to happen to me? Was I not good enough, pretty enough, or just plain not enough? We also go through an identity crisis, after all our family dynamics changed. Our status in those numerous applications must be updated. By the way, I absolutely hated checking divorce. I felt like it labeled me some type of failure or you guessed it- not enough. 

So where did I take all this mental exercise and how did I begin to get set free? I was led by the lover of my soul to attend a conference where I had never heard of any of the speakers (no offense) or even knew what I was in for besides the conference title- Starting the Year Off Right and Ending the Year Right! Led by Chuck Pierce. Well from the very start I knew I was in for a great spirit filled weekend and into discovering a part of God I really hadn't seen, at least not in the churches I had attended.

Now, my main focus for today's blog post is that of Day 2 with Dr. Heidler ministering. Now let me tell you when the spirit touches your broken heart, you know the flood gates are going to open. I was absolutely amazed! Dr. Heidler spoke on receiving a new mantle. One of power and strength. He also spoke about the Hebrew year 5777. It was ah-mazing! I won't do it justice here. So from a new mantle of power and finding God's strategies for our walk to unlocking who I was in Christ. He said you have a new name a new identity! Quit aligning with who you were, align to who you are in Christ. You see I decided to change my name and had just done so that week prior to attending the conference. It was just a now word for me that my emotional healing would begin this weekend. Those of us that have walked this road of divorce need this sort of affirmation that God is still working in us and wants to heal our hurts. So, I want to tell you that you are loved by an awesome Creator who knows what you need before you even say it. Do some radical searching and you WILL find Him! Love n hugs!