Dear Christine:
I too can relate to your story, only I have other terms of thought other than the prius. I know just how God’s humor is always making me laugh, when it seems he just likes to see if I am truly going to go to the edge of the cliff and wait for his angels to catch me as he says take another step if you trust me. Every so often though it feels just the oposite though, like he feels sorry for putting what he considers is “enough for me to handle”. God is so different to and for each of us. Thanks, and God’s peace.

Its hard to have a relationship with a God who is un-named. Many Bible translators have taken God’s name Jehovah out of the Bible and replaced it with titles “Eternal” and “Lord”. Many Bibles kept God’s name here: (Psalm 83:18) . . .That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Interestingly they left the name Jesus in there and didn’t replace it with titles “mediator”, “great teacher” and are not bothered if we mispronounce it: He’soos in Spanish, Gesu in Italian, Yaysoos in German.
God recorded His name 6,713 times in the ancient Hebrew manuscripts. Due to a Jewish superstition it was removed because they thought it was too sacred to be pronounced and to prevent the disrespectful use of it according to (Exodus 20:7) . . .“You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way, for Jehovah will not leave the one unpunished who takes up his name in a worthless way.

But we don’t have to remove His name! We can carefully use God’s name Jehovah with respect. Although we do know exactly how to pronounce His name the accepted English pronounciation of YHWH is Jehovah.
When we don’t know and use God’s name, its hard to draw close to Him.
You told us your name is Christine Stapleton right? Why? Because its important to knowing and understanding you?
Check your Bible Christine and tell me how it translates Psalms 83:18. Is there a name there or a title?
Try using that name “Jehovah” when you pray to God. It really gets His attention when you use His name and it will help you to draw close to Him.
God’s name Jehovah is important. Had He not told us His name, we would not have known it.
Why even on the tablets He gave Moses, God wrote His name with His own finger 8times in the Ten commandments!
Christine according to (1 Corinthians 8:5) , there are many gods and lords, so the advantage of using Jehovah’s name is it separates Him from all the false gods.
There is even a god of the stove in your kitchen!
And if angels, people, animals, stars, and inanimate objects have a name, would it be consistent that the Creator of these things has a name too?
Being raised Catholic myself, having God’s name removed seems to enhance the God-dishonoring teaching of the trinity. The truth is Jesus and Jehovah are not the same person. Jesus is the firstborn son of God. He is not the most high God Jehovah.
When you have been taught the trinity, it makes it hard to get a clear picture of these 2 distinct personalities. It distorts truth and prevents us knowing both of them accurately and intimately.