Love Is His Name
Emily Owen, award-winning author and Disability Awareness Sunday resource writer, explores the nature of God, in whose image we are made.
Who is God, who made us in His image( Genesis 1:27)?
We wouldn’ t be the first to ask that question: Moses said to God,“ Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them,‘ The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,‘ What is His name?’
Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses,“ I am who I am.”( Exodus3:13,14) In Bible times, name and character were intertwined.
What is His name?‘ I am who I am.’ God is God.
John, towards the end of the Bible, also answers Moses’ question:‘ God is love.’ Love is His name.
I have a wooden plaque, spelling‘ Love’ and decorated with stickers.
I made it at a craft evening, and all the others there also received a wooden plaque to decorate with matching stickers.
We all decorated our plaques slightly differently.
Identical plaques, identical bags of stickers, but individual decoration.
Our sticker placement was not identical. It was unique to each of us. Yet we all had love. God is love.
When we look at our lives, they are all different. Different abilities, and struggles, and likes, and dislikes.
Yet we all have love. God has promised. John 3:16 does not say: For God so loved some of us. Or, for God so loved the able-bodied ones. Or, for God so loved the popular ones. Or, for God so loved the clever ones. It says: For God so loved the world ….. Every single one of us. God – the‘ I am who I am’ – is love, and He loves. Love is who He is.
How could we, who are made in His image, show His love to His world?
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.( 1 John 4:7)
Show God’ s love on Disability Awareness Sunday
Reach out to disabled people in your community for Disability Awareness Sunday, or whenever you can. Join the growing movement to share the message that ALL are loved by God – on Disability Awareness Sunday, 28 September 2025, or any day!
Download the free resource materials, written by Emily Owen, so your church can explore the truth that disabled people, like ALL of us, are‘ Made in God’ s Image’.
The free downloadable pack includes a 5-minute video of‘ Emily’ s Story’, suggested songs / hymns, prayers and sermon ideas. You can even order free postcards to hand out. Access the resource at: https:// bit. ly / DisabilityAwarenessSunday. No matter our challenges, we’ re all‘ wonderfully made’ in God’ s image – and when churches fully welcome disabled people, everyone is blessed. Sadly, 72 % of disabled people in the UK report facing negative attitudes( Scope). Joining church can be a challenge. That’ s why this matters. Spread the word and join in DAS 2025.
Please pray that Disability Awareness Sunday will be celebrated in many more churches, and that the UK Church will catch the vision for disability inclusion.
Vital Link Summer 2025 | www. throughtheroof. org