In some families there is a deep sense of honor tied to ones name. You try hard to behave a certain way simply because you bear the family name, and of course there are also folks who will go about things their own way for the same reason. But one does not want to betray the family name for its part of who you are.
I have to wonder sometimes how we would live our lives if we did not want to betray the family name that we put on at our baptism -the name of Christ follower - Christian. For how we act (what we do) flows from who we are in our deepest core, in our heart. Are we living like our hearts has been changed because of Christ?
We won't get it perfect all the time, but the place to start is with the heart. And letting the grace of Christ change us from the inside out.
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