“Hallowed Be Your Name”
January 23, 2015“Hallo
wed” is an unusual word and on the “Words with Friends” word usage scale, it finds itself far on the right side of the rare continuum. Most of us don’t find ourselves using this word at the water fountain conversations at work! However, in Matthew 6:9 the first line of the Lord’s Prayer is, “Our Father who are in Heaven, hallowed be your name.”
What does it mean to hallow? And whose is this name that we are to hallow? Very simply, to hallow means to set apart, make holy, and sanctify…