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Knowing Someone's Name

Try to associate people with a name Do you know someone, know their face and not know their names? I do that I can go for years yeah knowing someone and not know their name Is it a sign of carelessness or just don't care? I would've never thought that I don't care It just not occurs to me Isn't that crazy? Until one day I heard herself relating to someone - her name And it suddenly dawns on me I didn't even know her name And I found myself thinking 'That name doesn't fit her' as I have known this girl for a while How did we do that? Go on knowing someone and doesn't even know their name She is just a friend What if they turned out to be your best buddies would you still not know their names? We do that Keeping people at arms' length Whether knowing or not knowing Just to keep up with your level of comfort zone Or it could be our carelessness In that case be careful, would ya? They may not know your name too In that case are you even? Not Because you are supposed to know everybody's names Their circumstances How are you going to minister to them if you don't even know their name? Aren't you supposed to preach the Word? I am not supposed to preach nothing I don't even know someone's name Who am I?

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