Jielynn

do some of you know me by this name?

It is my name. Although my Chinese name is spelt as Jie Ling. :) my English given name is spelt as Lynn. I did a mini "combo" here :)

I love my name.

I used to dislike my Chinese name very much because I was always being teased about it in school.

But in 2007, while I was in class during SOT one day, God spoke to me about my name.

He asked if I disliked it and He asked why. I told Him that I do love it but it makes me cringe hearing people talk about it in the past.

Then what He said next changed me. He asked, "why do you dislike it..do you know the meaning of your name?"

It struck me. Perhaps I didn't really know. I mean, Mom told me why she named me Jie Ling but what is the true meaning that God's trying to tell me here?

He broke down the two characters to me:

洁 - this is "jie" in Chinese writing
灵 - this is "ling" in Chinese writing

In Chinese, 洁 means clean and 灵 means soul; spirit.

That day, when God showed this to me, I teared.

Clean (pure) spirit.

What's in YOUR name?