Are you a "Namer"?

I think I may be a Namer.

LoL

I've been re-reading the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engle... It was my favorite when I was probably in the 5th grade.  I had heard talk that it can be interpreted somewhat allegorically, similar to some of C.S. Lewis' stuff, so I had to find out for myself.

Here is an excerpt from the second book in the series, A Wind in the Door:

"Progo!  You said we were Namers.  I still don't know:  what is a Namer?"

"I've told you.  A Namer has to know who people are, and who they are meant to be.  I don't know why I should have been shocked at finding Echthroi on your planet."

"Why are they here?"

"Echthroi are always about when there's war.  They start all war."

"Progo, I saw all that awfulness you took me to see, that tearing of the sky, and all, but you still haven't told me exactly what Echthroi are."

Proginoskes probed into her mind, searching for words she could understand.  "I think your mythology would call them fallen angels.  War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons in un-Naming-- making people not know who they are.  If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate.  That's why we still need Namers, because there are places throughout the universe like your planet Earth.  When everyone is really and truly Named, then the Echthroi will be vanquished." (p. 97)

Perhaps we're all meant to be Namers.  Isn't that part of our job as followers of Jesus?  To call people as he sees them... To call them what they can be?  To edify... encourage...?

So you can pray for me today as I try to be the best Namer I can be...  It's not easy loving people when what you really want to do is strangle them...  Help me to name them who they really are in you, not just the sum of their actions.  Show me how to build up your church, your bride.  Amen.