2-26/the prequel (it's all in a name)...

good morning!

today is day 5 of my lenten project;

it's also february 26, 2013,

and i want to welcome you:)

~@~

there is no video today

because i think it may be important

to see this in print...

so, i've talked about:

my repentance,

GOD's saving grace,

and being filled with

HIS HOLY SPIRIT.

~@~

today's topic is "the prequel",

the times leading up to my experience...

the first signs

on my road map to finding GOD.

~@~

once i was on the other side of

my being saved (born again),

i realized that one of the great gifts

of HIS HOLY SPIRIT

was that i could really see and understand

where i was and how i had gotten there

and 

most importantly,

that HE was with me all along the way.

my mamaw named me dani

because she saw the name

in a hollywood magazine and loved it.

(in the months leading up to my rebirth,

we were studying daniel,

a man of signs and numbers...

i am a woman

of signs and numbers!)

my mom and aunt sue (my godmother)
looked through the catholic book of saints
searching for my middle name,
a name that would go with dani.
there they found denise.

drury, of course, was my family name.

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dani means:

"GOD is my judge"

"delivered by GOD"

and

"interpreter of dreams"

st. daniel the stylite:

st. daniel is the patron saint of the church.

his feast day is

december 11th

(katherine's birthday;)

st. daniel lived a very simple life

keeping mainly to himself.

(i like to keep my garden small.)

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denise (my middle name) means:

goddess of wine

st. denis is the patron saint of headaches.

his feast day is october 9, 272.

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drury (my maiden name) means:

love and friendship

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my name was even important.

your name is important;

it's a large part of who you are!

"before I formed you in the womb,

I knew you."  jeremiah 1:5 niv

~@~

there was a trend

even before i was born...

(the first time;)

love and God's blessings,

dani xxx