His Name is JESUS and He calls you, by your name, not your shame.
He knows every secret… every deed, the good, the bad,
The great and small… He knows all things… and still…
He calls you, by your name, not your shame.
He can illuminate the smothering darkness of your longest midnight hour..
He can enable you to find freedom even through the storms great rage…
He can heal the deepest soul wound which cloaks your life with shame…
He liberates once lost souls from spending eternity in crimson flames…
All because His love desires to cascade its brilliant light…
Casting all your sins and sorrows far removed from your life and…
He calls you, by your name, not your shame.
If you just start walking, slowly even if you must… you might stumble… you might shrink back…
You might tremble in awe struck fear, you may begin to look about for a place to hide your fright,
You may not be able to believe this wondrous mystery of His love,
Or you may wonder could He really love you too…
Yet, once His Spirit has begun wooing your acceptance of Salvation’s eternal embrace;
There is no place in which you can hide from His love …and…
He calls you, by your name, not your shame.
He longs for you, to call you Beloved…
He’s calling you to walk in the light of His grace, to live your life fully loved…
Come now, He is calling for you, calling you, by your name, not your shame.
He calls you… By your name… Not by your shame…
He has already paid the price to buy you back from eternal flames of sin and shame…
To redeem you and… call you… by your name…Beloved… Not by your shame… Come.
No one knows how far you must travel or what giants you fear to face…
Only He knows what the walk of your transforming journey will hold.
Nevertheless, He longs for you to know Salvation’s eternal embrace…
He is calling you… by your name… Not your shame.
Start walking, He is more than able and willing take care of all the rest…
He longs for you to walk in grace, in light, in love… instead of sin an shame…
He is calling out… for you…
His Name is JESUS and He calls “you” …Beloved… He calls you, by your name, Not your shame.
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© 2009 Marilyn A. Magallanes. All Rights Reserved.
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My writing this was inspired by the book of Hosea: The Story of the Unfailing Redemptive Love of God
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her. Then I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope and she will sing there as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD, “That you will call Me Ishi and will no longer call Me Baali. ~ Hosea 2:14-16 NASB
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Please read the following note taken from The Biblical Reader / Sam A. Smith
www.biblicalreader.com
““Is there a personal lesson here for us? Of course. Some of you reading this might have walked close to the Lord at one time, but something happened; you allowed other things to come between you and him. It seemed that you took your eyes off him for only a moment, but that moment turned into an hour, and the hour into days, weeks, months—perhaps even years. You used to hear his voice calling you back, but now all you hear is deafening silence. You pray, but there is no answer. You confess your sins, but you feel no release from the burden—and you worry that somehow you’ve wondered so far away, or done something so terribly wrong that you can never get home again. Can I share a great truth from the story of Hosea’s life? No matter what you might have done, no matter how long it’s been since you walked with the Lord, no matter how far you may have wondered from his presence, no matter what you may have said to him in your anger, frustration, or disappointment, the truth is that God has never stopped loving you, and he will never give up on you.””
““Now if you happen to be one of those people I just described, I’m not going to tell you that a simple prayer, or walking down to the front of a church is going to repair your wounded spirit. We’ve seen from the example of Hosea and Gomer that sometimes deeply broken relationships take time to heal. But I want you to know that no matter how horrible your failure may seem to you, God has never stopped loving you, and he will never give up on you. “Why?” because he has always known the end from the beginning. Just like Hosea knew before he married Gomer that she would be an unfaithful wife, and just like God knew before he chose Israel that they would be an unfaithful people, so he has always known everything about you—and me, and he chose to love us in spite of what he has always known.””
““I know, you look into that “spiritual mirror,” and you see tangled, matted hair; worn and ragged clothes; a weathered face; and dirty hands and feet. The thought of God’s presence no longer brings peace and joy, but apprehension, maybe even dread. Somehow you can’t believe God would even want to look at you, much less put his arms around you. You say, “Where do I go from here?” Well you know something, you can’t repair the damage yourself, and if you wait until you think you can, you’ll likely die a very miserable person. But here’s the message of Hosea: There is hope! God will fix your life if you will step out of the shadow, and allow him to put his arms around you—unworthy though you feel. Restoration might not happen instantly, but be assured that God has not stopped loving you, and if you have ever known him, he will never, ever abandon you—no matter where your choices may have led you.””
““Perhaps you’re reading this and you’ve never known peace with God—you’ve never become one of his children. You can begin that relationship today. You say, “But I don’t think I have enough faith. Well, there’s good news! It doesn’t take much faith, and you can receive Christ right where you are. Jesus said even a tiny bit of faith can accomplish great things—and God will even give you the faith you need (Eph. 2:8-9)! So with God’s help you can do it. All you have to do (with God’s help) is say “Yes” to Christ—“Yes, I accept what you did on the cross for me; “Yes,” I accept your offer to be my Savior and my God; “Yes,” I accept your offer of forgiveness and reconciliation (John 1:12; Romans 10:9-10).””
““It’s never too late to begin—or begin again. You may have given up on yourself, but remember, God has never given up on you!””
To read the redemptive story from Hosea and history behind it there is a very good article by Sam Smith at:
http://www.biblicalreader.com/reader/Hosea.htm
