Between Two Names

From Chapter 2 of Dan Allender's book, To Be Told

"The Bible tells us that those who seek God will one day be given a new name: 'Everyone who is victorious will eat of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.'"

"The word mores, the Latin word that means 'convention,' is where we get our word morality. We settle for the morality of our community in order to fit in, to not be too different, odd, or undesirable. And in that placid counterfeit of true life, we find respite from the questions that seek us out when we stare into the sky. In the norms of our world, we find a name that seems to fit us, but we intuitively know that the name our church, family, friends, and business associates speak to us is not the truest name that will be spoken. Or so we hope."

"So our life is a journey to discover our true name, though, sadly, many of us never choose to begin the search."