NEW NAMES

Many of the old saints in history are known by the area or region where they lived or became known by the way they lived, actions, behaviors, writing, books, prayer habits and so forth. For example: Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa), Teresa of Avila (from Avila, Spain), Teresa of France (or, Thérèse of Lisieux, or more commonly called ‘The Little Flower’), or Macarius of Egypt, Syncletica of Alexandria, Palladius of Galatia, Gregory of Nyssa, Benedict of Nursia, Theodora of Alexandria, Sarah of the Desert, Domnina of Syria, Theoktiste of Lebos and Mary of Egypt to name a few of the early saints.

Now some of the near current names might work: Billy of North Carolina (Graham), Oral of Tulsa (Roberts), John of Anaheim (Wimber), Andy of Atlanta (Stanley), T. D. of Dallas (Jakes) and Joel of Houston (Osteen) and so forth…

But… now we have Billy Joe Sorghum of Lightfoot, Kansas or Wilma Crabtree of Limestone, Nevada or Sissy Jo Smith of Round Rock, Texas and Herbert H. Hankstrom of Hanford, California.

It just seems the closer we get to real time the more the name needs more time to catch on. Maybe before we know it Sissy Jo of Round Rock will be a household name.

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.” Jesus