Whispering Hope

Who Am I? Names have always intrigued me. When I hear the name of a new baby I wonder- how did they decide on that name? What does it mean to them? Maybe others don’t think like this but I do. Names have meaning and origin. Lois is a Bible name. Lois is mentioned in the New Testament as the mother of Eunice and the grandmother of Timothy. As an English name, it came into use after the Protestant Reformation. In fiction, this is the name of the girlfriend of the comic book hero Superman. In the US the name Lois was among the top 50 names from the 1920’s through 1940’s. (According to one online source- behindthename.com) Since 1983 it has been obsolete. The Greek meaning of Lois is ‘more desirable’ or ‘better’. Now I’m sure this is not in a sense of what much of our culture thinks today- in a sensual way or in a way of bragging. I like the American meaning given- holy. As one who is a follower of Jesus Christ I desire to be holy because He is holy. (1 Peter 1:16)  

I love music. Although, I’ve had many years of music lessons I can’t play a musical instrument but I love music for the words in the songs. The words of so many songs have such rich meaning to me. I listen to music when I am working. I found that if I have music playing in the background I am able to more fully focus on my work and I seem to accomplish so much more than when it is totally quiet. The Bible is filled with songs. There is one tucked at the end of Habakkuk, one of the minor prophets, that I found to be of great blessing. Chapter 3 verses 17-19, “ Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.” Everyone faces mountains over the course of thei

Over the past few months I’ve seen so many different Facebook quizzes users can take to determine personality, who loves you most, what Looney Tune character are you like, and on and on it goes. Oh yes they even have ‘Christian’ quizzes- what Bible character are you like- I think that is the only one I have seen, but there may be more. I haven’t seen one on What Is Your Prayer Type? So, I think I will help out Facebook users with this article to see what your prayer type is not according to Facebook. Bargain with God prayers are those you pray when something major happens in your life. Sometimes it is prayed like this, “Oh, God help me”, or “Oh my God I need…”.   I once heard a man share that when he was in the military a disastrous, life-threatening incident was happening. He knew he was not going to survive so he said, “God if you get me out of here I will love you for the rest of my life.” God saved him from death in that situation but he forgot about God for many years. Th