Quay and Rainey are in Florida with D right now. I cant wait to tell them their new nicknames and why we are going to speak in faith to each other.
Abram was old, great grand-father old, and had never been a dad. He and his wife wanted kids more than anything. Of course she too was grannyish so their circumstances were the kind that didnt leave much room for hope. God made a promise to Abram that he would be a dad and changed his name to Abraham, which means father of many nations. Imagine being a childless person and everywhere you go, church, Wal-mart, the gym, people call you Father of a Football Team or Mother of Many. God gave Abram a name to remind him that the desire of his heart would come true. A name of faith, not circumstance.
I'm going to give D and the kids a chance to name me. I hope they take it easy on me.
Have you renamed your kids yet? I can't wait to hear what they are!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Rename Your Child
Picture me knocked down but getting back up. 2 posts back I laid out my plan to shape our kids' future by the words I spoke about them in faith. I epically failed in that task for our 2 year old. Her nickname around here has been Hot Sauce for months. She got the name one weekend when we were all camping and she just wouldn't be good for even a minute. I said, "your mom must have eaten a lot of hot sauce when she was pregnant with you" and the name just stuck. I actually described her to her attorney/guardian last week as the worst 2 year old we have ever met. No wonder things weren't improving! No wonder my patience and vision for her future were getting blurry at best! *insert slap on forehead here*
I am renaming her. What she needs most is gentleness and kindness. I Googled names that mean gentle and kind. As of last night, her new nick name is Tirion! Yes, I know, not the cutest name ever, but at this point cute is entirely irrelevant. Tirion means kind and gentle. Perfect!
And before you start sending me Facebook private messages about how I can't change a child's name, she is still called (can't tell you, against foster care rules) her real name most often. Parents call their kids goofy nicknames like Honey, Ladybug, Pooh Bear, Sissy and Rainey's nickname Rainbow, that don't mean anything significant at all. I'm not knocking that. I very affectionately call Quay "Q" and "Quayzar." I'm only saying why not make the names we call our children more... intentional?
I see you snearing your nose. Am I really suggesting we create new names for our kids in order to call them the thing that their personality is missing? YES! Get radical about claiming your kids' future, habits and character. And you may even get stuck with a really weird name. So what! Maybe a celebrity will use it next.
Jesus gave Simon a new name to reflect what he could become, not what what he currently was. Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter which means "rock" and he was ANYTHING BUT a rock. Simon was an impulsive, unpredictable, wishy-washy, loose canon. He cut a man's ear off. He fearlessly climbed out of a boat and walked toward Jesus on the water...until he became full of fear and started to sink. He was hot then cold. Brave then wimpy. This way, then that way. God gave him a name to grow into.
As silly as it may sound I'm so excited to tell you that after calling her Tirion for about an hour, she hit me in Wal-mart and then immediately said sorry and offered me a hug. That's huge! Power in my words huge! God gave us tools to use to access his power. #1, the Bible. #2, the Holy Spirit, #3 our words. What are you speaking out loud over your children? Words of faith or words of circumstance?
Matthew 17:20 “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” "SAY" to this mountain. Not think. Not pray. SAY.
I like this site best for searching by meaning http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
I am renaming her. What she needs most is gentleness and kindness. I Googled names that mean gentle and kind. As of last night, her new nick name is Tirion! Yes, I know, not the cutest name ever, but at this point cute is entirely irrelevant. Tirion means kind and gentle. Perfect!
And before you start sending me Facebook private messages about how I can't change a child's name, she is still called (can't tell you, against foster care rules) her real name most often. Parents call their kids goofy nicknames like Honey, Ladybug, Pooh Bear, Sissy and Rainey's nickname Rainbow, that don't mean anything significant at all. I'm not knocking that. I very affectionately call Quay "Q" and "Quayzar." I'm only saying why not make the names we call our children more... intentional?
I see you snearing your nose. Am I really suggesting we create new names for our kids in order to call them the thing that their personality is missing? YES! Get radical about claiming your kids' future, habits and character. And you may even get stuck with a really weird name. So what! Maybe a celebrity will use it next.
Jesus gave Simon a new name to reflect what he could become, not what what he currently was. Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter which means "rock" and he was ANYTHING BUT a rock. Simon was an impulsive, unpredictable, wishy-washy, loose canon. He cut a man's ear off. He fearlessly climbed out of a boat and walked toward Jesus on the water...until he became full of fear and started to sink. He was hot then cold. Brave then wimpy. This way, then that way. God gave him a name to grow into.
As silly as it may sound I'm so excited to tell you that after calling her Tirion for about an hour, she hit me in Wal-mart and then immediately said sorry and offered me a hug. That's huge! Power in my words huge! God gave us tools to use to access his power. #1, the Bible. #2, the Holy Spirit, #3 our words. What are you speaking out loud over your children? Words of faith or words of circumstance?
Matthew 17:20 “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” "SAY" to this mountain. Not think. Not pray. SAY.
I like this site best for searching by meaning http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
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