A New Name

“The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will designate. You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” 
(Isaiah 62:2-3)

The trials you are experiencing today are making you into a crown of beauty and a royal diadem in the hand of the Lord.  Stop a moment and think about this concept.  What you are learning through the challenges you face today is making you into something precious and beautiful, of worth you cannot fathom.  This is how valuable you are to God, that he would use these trials to ready you to stand in His presence and receive a new name, a new inheritance.  You mean so much to God that he should want you to radiate His splendor.  I find peace and comfort in knowing I am so treasured.

Lord, in such a fallen world, it is a comfort to have a glimpse of how much You treasure me.  Bearing the wounds of childhood in a dysfunctional family wrought with generations of sin, I find peace in knowing I am part of a Royal Priesthood being readied to stand before you to receive a new heritage marked by a new name.  To You be the glory!