By Ada Brownell
My name became public when I
was 15 and wrote ideas for a national youth magazine. Other publications soon printed
stories with my byline and later it appeared almost every day in a newspaper
with more than 50,000 circulation. Now with the internet and my blog, my name goes
throughout the world.
What about your name? It first
appeared on your birth certificate and a tiny wristband.
For the most part, your name reflects who you are and what you do. For
instance, Joseph is remembered today, several thousand years after he lived,
because of the great man of God he became.
That brings us to an important book where you want your name to appear--the Book of
Life, the “Who’s Who” of who is going to live forever in heaven.
Jesus told his disciples to rejoice that their names were written in
heaven (Luke 10:20). The last book of the Bible, Revelation, has
multiple references to the “Book of Life.”
Our names are written there when we make
a decision to believe Jesus rose from the dead, repent of
our sins and accept the redemption and abundant life, Jesus
promised (Romans 10:9.
That’s when your name becomes special.
"If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he
was thrown into the lake of fire" (Revelation 20:15).
