With Carly, I had a perfect name picked out early on. My family belittled it. I am always amazed at how bold people are when giving opinions about the name you've picked for your baby. I can't remember how many times I've been told, "Oh, I HATE that name!" Makes me want to use it even more when I hear that. :) Carly wasn't always going to be Carly, though. The name I had picked was Autumn Lilac. Autumn because it's my favorite season, and Lilac because it's my favorite flower. However, God had a different name picked out, and I agreed to Carly just before she was born. Carleen Emerson. It fits her very well.
Grace was Grace years before she was born. Jeremy and I had decided on that name probably before we were married. I had had an ectopic pregnancy, an abortion, and a miscarriage after Carly. We thought that I may not be able to have more children, so if God decided to bless us with another, and it was a girl, she'd be named Grace. God did bless us, and we kept our word. Grace Eleanor. Grace because God gives us what we don't deserve, and Eleanor in honor of my mother who had passed away the year before.
Then God blessed us again with Abigail just 13 months later. Abigail's name was not even on our radar. When we found out she was a girl, we prayed over names that were placed on our hearts, placed them into a hat, and drew. The contenders were Sarah, Rose, Tesia, Abigail, and Beatrice. Jeremy, Carly, and I were all rooting for our favorites, but Abigail was not one of them. It was, however, God's chosen name. It means "the father's joy." And Abigail Elyce is very much a sweet girl who brings her father, and her Father, much joy.
Two years later we are faced with the task of choosing another name. For a boy, it is Tobias. For a girl, either Vivian or Beatrice. Slim pickin's this time around - but we believe in praying over names and God just didn't give us the go-ahead on very many. After finding out the gender, we considered names again and added one more. It was not a name Jeremy or I had seriously considered before, but it seemed God was telling us to and so we threw it into the hat. Jeremy prayed over the names and we picked one out. To everyone's surprise (and possible chagrin) it was the name we threw in at the last minute. Once again God had chosen a name that we weren't considering, but we can rest assured that He chose this child before the foundation of the world, and the task of naming him/her belongs to Him. A middle name has also been chosen, and the initials are C.J.
I can't wait to meet C.J! S/he is going to be a very special person!
I joked with Jeremy that if anyone can guess the name, I'd give them a $50 gift certificate to the store of their choice. It's like Rumplestiltskin - I sincerely doubt anyone can do it!
God is always surprising us with His provisions. :)
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