The Name of a Hot Stone

I have been praying for almost half a year to find where The Lord wanted me go after finishing school and what He wanted me to do.

He answered me just a few weeks ago, and after that, things have went so fast and worked out so well that I stand puzzled and amazed back, shaking my head in wonder.

I'm going to be an au pair in Ireland.

I have never been to the country before and even if I speak English fluently my name is unpronounceable in English. People rarely understand it's a name at all.

So I was sitting in the backseat of car, thinking about what on Earth I was going to call myself next year.

I was just about to pray that The Lord would give me a name, when He did.

Rizpah.

I knew it was a Biblical name, so I sat down on the computer later, to try to look up it's meaning.

Rizpah is Hebrew, meaning coal or hot stone.

I remember leaning my head back asking: Lord, why did you give me the name of a hot stone?

He didn't answer right away, but later when I sat by myself on the coach in the living room, I understood why:

Coal is the material which after many years and hard pressure turns into a diamond.

Oh Lord, I thank you that you have given me a name that promises that you will continue the good work you have started in me! You are my peace, my joy and my strenght. I know you will guide me.

Peace be with all of you

Your sister in Christ,

Rizpah