A friend gave me a wonderful gift with which to ponder with this Christmas season. It was a book written by Asheritah Ciuciu, who grew up in Romania. The name of the book is “Unwrapping The Names Of Jesus.” I am going to refer to this book in my next four columns.

Hope is huge when you walk your daily journey. Without hope you will be plagued with depression, fear, and despair. You will seek God and find him when you seek Him with all of your heart. Jeremiah 29: 13.

Asheritah writes, “you are preapproved in Jesus; He invites you to rest in his finished work.”

She continues, “As...