When God Renames the Future
In 1843, a woman born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree stunned everyone who knew her. After decades of answering to a name given by masters,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 1:57-66, 80.
In 1843, a woman born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree stunned everyone who knew her. After decades of answering to a name given by masters, she announced that the Almighty had given her a new one. She would be called Sojourner Truth. Her family was bewildered. Her neighbors whispered. Who abandons the only name they have ever known? But Isabella understood something profound — when God begins a new work, He often starts by changing a name.…
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