VOD: verse of the day

It's amazing what a difference it is to be called by name. Just this last Thursday night I was able to realize and feel this power that seems so simplistic. For the first time in about a year and a half of involvement one of the two leaders of a post college weekly gathering addressed me by name. This year and a half of not being known while others around me were has been discouraging to say the least. However, I was able to dismiss it as I understood how keeping over 100+ names of consistent attending people and meeting new people as well could be difficult. But none the less, when I was called by name, I finally felt I was someone who was cared about, belonged, and important to what was going on in this gathering. It gives a new sense of creditability...now think of this...how much more uplifted should it feel knowing that Jesus calls us (his sheep) by name!!