The Names of the Christmas Child
Palitha Jayasooriya
Mathew 1:23
What's in a name?
We would normally do anything to protect our name. My surname Jayasooriya is spelled with the letters 'soo'.., but pretty often, people spell it with 'su'. I don't mind it but I like it when my name is spelled correctly. From the days I was in school and even up till today, if you saw the figures or number 007, what would you think of, or who would you think of? That's right, it's James Bond! Right through my entire life the name Elvis Presley has been a very well known name. A name like Mohandas Gandhi is a very well known name. And for the more modern generation, who are into modern day entertainment, names like Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader are the kind of names that they are familiar with right now. For instance, if last Sunday we had announced that an internationally known preacher was speaking at this service on Sunday morning, I am sure that more people would have turned up just to hear him because the name carries some value with it.? ?For many years I worked as a Radio Broadcaster and we had a small following from around the nation. One day, I introduced three people on a radio program called 'Record Jury'', and after the program... I'll never forget this...one of the girls who had come for the recording wanted me to give an autograph. That's the only time somebody wanted my autograph! it so happened that I didn't have a paper and she also didn't have a paper in her hand. She however said, 'I need to get this'. So, she pulled out a handkerchief and said ''Can you sign on my handkerchief'', which I did. Now, if there was an auction in Colombo next week and this lady came and put that handkerchief into that auction, and said, 'signed originally by Palitha Jayasooriya', I can guarantee one thing. Nobody will buy that handkerchief! On the other hand, if she put it there and said, 'originally signed by Michael Jackson', I can assure you that there will be hundreds queu ...
Palitha Jayasooriya
Mathew 1:23
What's in a name?
We would normally do anything to protect our name. My surname Jayasooriya is spelled with the letters 'soo'.., but pretty often, people spell it with 'su'. I don't mind it but I like it when my name is spelled correctly. From the days I was in school and even up till today, if you saw the figures or number 007, what would you think of, or who would you think of? That's right, it's James Bond! Right through my entire life the name Elvis Presley has been a very well known name. A name like Mohandas Gandhi is a very well known name. And for the more modern generation, who are into modern day entertainment, names like Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader are the kind of names that they are familiar with right now. For instance, if last Sunday we had announced that an internationally known preacher was speaking at this service on Sunday morning, I am sure that more people would have turned up just to hear him because the name carries some value with it.? ?For many years I worked as a Radio Broadcaster and we had a small following from around the nation. One day, I introduced three people on a radio program called 'Record Jury'', and after the program... I'll never forget this...one of the girls who had come for the recording wanted me to give an autograph. That's the only time somebody wanted my autograph! it so happened that I didn't have a paper and she also didn't have a paper in her hand. She however said, 'I need to get this'. So, she pulled out a handkerchief and said ''Can you sign on my handkerchief'', which I did. Now, if there was an auction in Colombo next week and this lady came and put that handkerchief into that auction, and said, 'signed originally by Palitha Jayasooriya', I can guarantee one thing. Nobody will buy that handkerchief! On the other hand, if she put it there and said, 'originally signed by Michael Jackson', I can assure you that there will be hundreds queu ...
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