Dear Muslim friends,
When I found out that my last name in Dutch can literally be translated, “from the pit,” I was more than a little dismayed!
Normally, I believe that when most of us hear the word “pit, “ we commonly think of it in a very negative way such as in these definitions I found in on-line dictionaries:
– a very messy or dirty place,
– something that is of extremely low quality,
– a concealed danger or difficulty,
– a covered hole used to trap wild animals,
– an enclosure for fighting animals or birds,
– the abode of evil spirits and lost souls.
Ugh. Not much positive there. . .
And. . .there is also the wording we have all heard: “the pits”:
– the worst possible thing, place, condition, etc.,
– terrible, the worst, awful, dreadful,
– an extremely unpleasant, boring, or depressing place, condition, etc.; the absolute worst.
I am sure God can redeem anything – even a name – and He has redeemed mine!
Just look at David’s (Dawood in the Zabur) words in Psalm 103:4 and how the word “pit” is referred to very negatively but. . .GOD intervenes. He redeems. . .saves. . .ransoms. . .rescues!
– “He redeems your life from the Pit” (CSB)
– “saves your life from the pit” (CEB)
– “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction” (KJV)
– “He ransoms me from hell” (NLT)
– “He redeems you from hell—saves your life!” (MSG)
– “the one who rescues your life from the pit” (NOG)
– “He reaches deep into the pit to deliver you from death” (VOICE)
Wow!
This gives my name a whole new and amazing meaning. It points up to GOD. It gives HIM glory as the one who has saved me from the penalty of my sins that I – and all of us – truly deserve: God’s just wrath. Hell. The worst pit imaginable.
Thank YOU, Almighty God! YOU have rescued me for eternity from “the pit” of hell because of what Jesus did for me on that cross 2,000 years ago (John 1:12; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).
Now, I am proud – and happy – to say what my name means!
Dear Muslim friends, what does your name mean?
(I recently met a person who speaks Dutch and he informed me that “pit” can mean “a well of water,” a more pleasing concept than our English definitions or slang for the word.)
YouTube video made in Holland MI, What’s in a Name?, April 2023
#fromthepit #pit #thepit #thepits #yournamemeans #whatdoesyournamemean #whatsinaname #mynamemeans #holland #dutch #psalm103
When I found out that my last name in Dutch can literally be translated, “from the pit,” I was more than a little dismayed!
Normally, I believe that when most of us hear the word “pit, “ we commonly think of it in a very negative way such as in these definitions I found in on-line dictionaries:
– a very messy or dirty place,
– something that is of extremely low quality,
– a concealed danger or difficulty,
– a covered hole used to trap wild animals,
– an enclosure for fighting animals or birds,
– the abode of evil spirits and lost souls.
Ugh. Not much positive there. . .
And. . .there is also the wording we have all heard: “the pits”:
– the worst possible thing, place, condition, etc.,
– terrible, the worst, awful, dreadful,
– an extremely unpleasant, boring, or depressing place, condition, etc.; the absolute worst.
I am sure God can redeem anything – even a name – and He has redeemed mine!
Just look at David’s (Dawood in the Zabur) words in Psalm 103:4 and how the word “pit” is referred to very negatively but. . .GOD intervenes. He redeems. . .saves. . .ransoms. . .rescues!
– “He redeems your life from the Pit” (CSB)
– “saves your life from the pit” (CEB)
– “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction” (KJV)
– “He ransoms me from hell” (NLT)
– “He redeems you from hell—saves your life!” (MSG)
– “the one who rescues your life from the pit” (NOG)
– “He reaches deep into the pit to deliver you from death” (VOICE)
Wow!
This gives my name a whole new and amazing meaning. It points up to GOD. It gives HIM glory as the one who has saved me from the penalty of my sins that I – and all of us – truly deserve: God’s just wrath. Hell. The worst pit imaginable.
Thank YOU, Almighty God! YOU have rescued me for eternity from “the pit” of hell because of what Jesus did for me on that cross 2,000 years ago (John 1:12; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).
Now, I am proud – and happy – to say what my name means!
What does your name mean?
(I recently met a person who speaks Dutch and he informed me that “pit” can mean “a well of water,” a more pleasing concept than our English definitions or slang for the word.)
Holland MI, What’s in a Name, From the Pit, April 2023
#fromthepit #pit #thepit #thepits #yournamemeans #whatdoesyournamemean #whatsinaname #mynamemeans #holland #dutch #psalm103
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