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Over and over again, throughout the Bible, we find lists of names, reflecting the individuals that were a part of the community, recorded for us to read thousands of years later. My eyes gloss over as I read this, as the names don't mean anything to me, but isn't it interesting that God inspires Scripture with these names in here -- because they mean something to God. The names matter, just as your name matters, and it is my solemn hope that we treat one another in this world like each of our names matter to God. It's so easy to overlook one another, to ignore one another, to act as though other people are disposable or unimportant. The internet has made that easier, but I think people have been treating one another like that for a long, long time, unfortunately. Each one matters enough to God to include in these lists, and so we ought, therefore, to treat one another like each one matters, and we need to treat ourselves like that, too.
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