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Also by Max Lucado INSPIRATIONAL Best of All 3:16 Coming Home A Gentle Thunder He Chose You A Love Worth Giving Hermie, a Common Caterpillar And the Angels Were Silent Hermie and Friends Bible Come Thirsty If Only I Had a Green Nose Cure for the Common Life Jacob’s Gift Every Day Deserves a Chance Just in Case You Ever Wonder Facing Your Giants Just Like Jesus (for teens) God Came Near Just the Way You Are He Chose the Nails Milo, the Mantis Who He Still Moves Stones Wouldn’t Pray In the Eye of the Storm Next Door Savior (for teens) In the Grip of Grace Punchinello and the Most It’s Not About Me Marvelous Gift Just Like Jesus Small Gifts in God’s Hands Next Door Savior Stanley the Stinkbug No Wonder They Call Him Tell Me the Secrets the Savior Tell Me the Story On the Anvil The Crippled Lamb Six Hours One Friday The Oak Inside the Acorn The Applause of Heaven The Way Home The Great House of God With You All the Way Traveling Light You Are Mine When Christ Comes You Are Special When God Whispers Your Name Your Special Gift CHILDREN’S BOOKS GIFT BOOKS All You Ever Need A Heart Like Jesus Because I Love You Everyday Blessings For These Tough Times The Greatest Moments God’s Mirror Traveling Light for Mothers God’s Promises for You Traveling Light Journal God Thinks You’re Wonderful Turn Grace for the Moment, Vol. I & II Walking with the Savior Grace for the Moment Journal You: God’s Brand-New Idea! In the Beginning Just for You FICTION Just Like Jesus Devotional An Angel’s Story Let the Journey Begin The Christmas Candle The Christmas Child Max on Life Series Mocha with Max BIBLES (GENERAL EDITOR) One Incredible Moment He Did This Just for You Safe in the Shepherd’s Arms (New Testament) Shaped by God The Devotional Bible The Cross Grace for the Moment Daily Bible The Gift for All People WHEN GOD WHISPERS YOUR NAME This page intentionally left blank W G H E N O D W H I S P E R S Y N O U R A M E MAX LUCADO ©1994, 1999by Max Lucado All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a regis- tered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail [email protected]. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture references are from the New Century Version of the Bible, © 1987,1988,1991, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Other Scripture quotations are from: The New King James Version (nkjv), © 1979,1980,1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publisher. Used by permission. The Holy Bible, New International Version (niv), © 1973,1978,1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. The Living Bible (tlb), © 1971, by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Ill. Used by permission. The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips (phillips), published by The MacMillan Company, © 1958,1960,1972by J. B. Phillips. The Good News Bible, the Bible in Today’s English Version (tev). Old Testament, © 1976American Bible Society. New Testament, © 1966,1971, 1976, American Bible Society. Used by permission. The Message, The New Testament in Contemporary English (the message) published by Nav Press, © 1993by Eugene H. Peterson. ISBN 978-0-8499-2143-8 (Special Edition) The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows: Lucado, Max When God whispers your name / Max Lucado. p. cm. isbn 978-0-8499-3741-5(TP) 1. Christian life. I. Title. bv4501.2.1822 1994 97-17302 248.4—dc20 cip Printed in the United States of America 09 10 11 12 13 qw 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Denalyn and I would like to dedicate this book to our alma mater—Abilene Christian University. We salute the board, administration, faculty, and staff. For all you’ve done and all you do, we applaud you. So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything change you. Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know your work in the Lord is never wasted. —1Corinthians15:58 This page intentionally left blank C ONTENTS Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART ONE THE SONG OF THE MINSTREL 1 The Voice from the Mop Bucket. . . . . . . . 11 2 Why Jesus Went to Parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3 Hidden Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4 You Might’ve Been in the Bible. . . . . . . . . 35 5 Maxims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 6 God’s Christmas Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 7 Behind the Shower Curtain. . . . . . . . . . . . 51 8 Gabriel’s Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 9 What Is Your Price? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 10 Groceries and Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 11 The Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 12 The Prophet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ix

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Are you ready to hope again? Are you ready to let go of doubt and sorrow? Just listen carefully. God is whispering your name. Somewhere, between the pages of this book and the pages of your heart, God is speaking. And He is calling you by name. Maybe that's hard to believe. Maybe you just can't imag