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Judy    

      The name Judy, (Also the names Judi, Judie, Judith, Judah, Judas, Jude, Judit, Judita, Judite, Judyta, Jyttie, Hillel, Telila, Thana and Zimri and others may be added) means 'praise’.

        In the dictionary study of the word praise it is found that this word comes from Latin and means the price or value given to an object or person, particularly, God.      The Biblical dictionary has these definitions of the word praise:

Towdah- confession, thanksgiving   

Tĕhillah- song or hymn of praise 

Zamar- to sing, sing praise, make music

Halal- to shine (fig. of God's favour);

(Hiphil)  to praise, boast, be boastful 

Yadah- to give thanks, laud, praise; to confess, confess (the name of God)

Praise also is an expression of admiration and appreciation.  When believers praise God, they are telling Him how they feel and think concerning Who and what He is. While we are all born to praise God it is Judy’s main purpose in life and she does this by the life she lives. However, it is the life she lives while in her prayer closet that determines the amount and kind of praise that is manifested in her day to day life.

   Some people have a natural tendency to see the 

brighter side of life. They are naturally cheerful and 

optimistic and tend to walk on the sunny side of the 

street.  This is how God created us all to be and He 

takes great delight in us when we are like that. This 

truly is the more accurate interpretation of Judy’s name. 

          On the other hand, for some people it is just 

natural to gripe and complain so they have to learn to 

overcome this tendency.  Judy just might be like that 

herself, if so then her praise would be doubly sweet 

to the Lord.  

          Nevertheless, it is not always easy for her to 

sing a song of praise because life does get tough 

sometimes. She finds herself in difficult situations 

which are plain hard to deal with just like we all do. 

And too, there are times when life seems too hard to 

bear. It is through living through these difficult times, 

turning to God and leaning upon Him that she learns to 

trust Him, to learn that He will see her through, every time. 

Whether one trust in God to see him through to the 

end or not, the end does come. It is how one rides the

waves of the storm which determines if one sinks or swims. 

As the Psalms so beautifully puts it: 

40:2,3 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, 

out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, 

[and] established my goings. And he hath put a new 

song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many 

shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

As she grows in her relationship with God Judy finds it 

easier and easier to lift her voice to give thanks to her God 

for the all great and small things in her life. 

True and proper praise consists of a genuine and personal recognition of the value of having God as the sovereign ruler of ones’ life. Judy’s main task in life is to do this and by the doing of it she not only shows forth the praise of her God but others see it and thus God is glorified.

I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually 

be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 

© Helen Elliott 2007

I can be contacted at helliott4@suddenlink.net