Name

I decided today that I really like my name. Michael Joseph Petty.

Before today, I liked it simply because it was attached to me. I like me, so I liked my name. But today, I looked at each part and their meanings.

Michael: Who is like God.

The angel Michael was a mighty warrior in Heaven's army. Those are my aims: to be like Jesus, and to be a mighty warrior in Heaven's army.

Joseph: God will increase.

I didn't know this was the meaning until I looked it up just now. When I was thinking about my name earlier, I was thinking of the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. It's one of my favorite Bible stories. Everywhere Joseph went, people kept putting him in charge, and God blessed everything he was in charge of: Potipher's house, the jail, even all of Egypt. He went through some hard times, but at the end he was second only to Pharaoh.

Petty - adj - of small importance; trivial.

It's hard to be prideful when your last name is Petty. :) And yet, the last and the trivial shall be first in the kingdom of Heaven. :)

What do your names mean?