Tabula Rasa....

Tabula rasa..... I still remember the first time I heard it! My teacher was teaching about something entirely different but he just chipped in this bit, he made me understand that a new born baby's mind is clear... it has no information, in fact it is empty.
Tabula rasa= clean slate, and it is referred to a mind that is not yet affected by experiences.
So let's look at it this way, if Naa was born with a clean slate, without any information, simply put with nothing in her mind, how then did she know she was called Naa?
How then did she respond to the name Naa?
How then did she learn how to spell the name Naa?
How come when she is asked what her name is, she says, "My name is Naa."
You see, when  you are born, you are born without any information, you do not know how to talk, you know nothing, so how come you respond to your name?
As you started growing up, your parents made you know your name, they made Naa know her name is Naa, therefore if anyone asked for her name she tells them she is called Naa.
So if you did not know your name, but got to know your name through your parents, and you believed without doubt that that is your name, and that you owned that name, such that you can tell everyone your name, then why don't you believe what God calls you.
If your parents call you Naa ,and you respond to it, why don't you pride in the name God calls you?
God calls you blameless. ( Ephesians 1:4)
God calls you a new creature.( 2 Corinthians 5:17)
God calls you His child and an heir. ( Galatians 4:7)
God calls you His friend.( John 15:13)
God calls you a saint. (1 Corinthians 1:2)
God calls you His love.(John 3:16)
God calls you a citizen of heaven. (Ephesians 5:8)
These are just few of the things God calls you.
So recognize and accept the name God calls you, above all respond to it and see yourself in that light!
Why should circumstances come your way and make you forget who you are? When circumstances come your way, do you forget what your name is? That is the same way you do not have to forget who you are in Christ!
So get up, wash your face and stand tall!
God calls you His own!
So, just as your mind had nothing in it initially till it was filled with information from people, let your mind be also filled with information from God.