A Jesse by Any Other Name...

So over the years I have realized that Latino men named “Jesus” (HEH-soos) that venture to The States decide to go by “Jesse.” Well, the majority of them do, for whatever personal reasons, its easier for Americans to remember or pronounce or whatever, or to appease Christian Americans.

I personally think its silly if you actually like your name. This goes for ALL people that immigrate here, it makes me sad when people just kind of throw away their past, their history, their heritage by just adopting an “American” version of their name, or just choose a new name.

I won’t get too into that, because that isn’t even my subject, I could go on and on about that. And I probably have no room to talk, I am dying to change my name.

I’ll switch gears, because I’m not in a serious mood…

So, back to the original thought, about Latino men named “Jesus” that end up going by “Jesse,” it just got me thinking- way back in the day when Jesus was around and people called him Jesus, were there maybe times that he was just like “Oh, you can call me Jesse,” ? What about when people started realizing who he was, if anyone were to kneel before him and called out “Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior” there may have been a time or two when he corrected their formality with “Hey, my Father is the Lord, you can call me Jesus… Well, Jesse…” Right?

Just a thought.