Names
“If you’re a minister’s kid and think you have scars, thank your lucky stars you didn’t grow up a prophet’s kid” ~ Dr. Rollston
We give celebrities a hard time for naming their kids “Apple,” or “Phineas.” That’s nothing compared to “Not pitied,” or “Not my people” or “A remnant shall return.” Did they use nicknames? I wonder if they had their own support group. Maybe they had a club and made fun of kids with “common” names.
“Hey, Remmy, what’s up with that new kid in class? What’s his name?”
“Joseph! What kind of name is that?”
“You said it, Remmy. His parents must not love him as much as ours do. They didn’t put as much thought into his name as our dads did. How’s the prophecy thing going, by the way?”
“Oh, you know, Pity. Daddy’s still walking around naked. At least he’s not stuck in that pit like Mr. Jeremiah.”
The things we do to our children.
I think I’ve been studying for this test too much.
