The Katy Khronicles and The Journey of John: What's in a name...

Everyone keeps emailing me to see if we have picked a name yet. For some reason (pregnancy brain perhaps??) I forgot to put it in the previous post I guess. Our baby boy will be John Timothy. :) Funny thing- when I was just a few weeks along, I picked up my Bible and two tabs (this is my old Bible that has the gold book markers) fell out on the floor. I picked them up and read "1-3 John" and "1 Timothy". We had already picked out the name, and I thought "God are you trying to tell me this is our boy?" Surely not, I thought--that is tooo obvious. Though I truly didnt think I would be so blessed as to get a girl and a boy, I guess part of me must have believed, because when I came home from the Dr. appt. last week I went up to find the pregnancy tests that I took on Easter (yes, I kept them--all 3 of them! I put them in a giant Easter egg to remind me when I found out. I have them from Katy's pregnancy as well--and I dont mind if you think its weird--I wont be gifting them to you ;) hhaa.) Anyways, inside the egg was also the two bible tabs. I found them again on the day we found out he was a HE!! I guess the Lord was saying He approves of the name. :)

So, he will be JOHN, after the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and John the Baptist, who was "the voice of the one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord'", and of whom Jesus said "among those born of women there has arisen no one greater". Not that I believe he will be greater than any other boy/man here, but that like John the Baptist, he will go out preparing the way for the Lord. I will pray that his life verse will be John 1:6-8 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light." I believe that this little boy will grow into a strong man of God, and that someday he will preach the Word, whether on a street corner or work building, in a church, or in another country. I pray that God will anoint him with great faith that he will overflow with the Spirit. That his heart will always be on fire for the One who created Him and that Jesus will forever be his guide. I pray that through our little boy, many will come to know the Light of the World.

As well, he will have the name TIMOTHY, not only after his father (whom I love!!) and his Grandfather, but also after Paul's young disciple Timothy, whom he called "my true child in the faith". 1 Timothy 4:12 says "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity." I pray that he will, from an early age, be an example to others of Christ's love, and that he will remain pure for his wife (whom I have already been praying for), that he will speak kind words to others and stand firm in his faith. Finally, as Paul closes out his letters to Timothy, in the second book, 4:22, I pray for him "The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you." (Remember that Katy's middle name is Grace. :) I pray that he and Katy will have a close relationship and that they will always remain the best of friends, encouraging each other in the faith.) Let it be so! :) Amen!!

Diddle Diddle Dumpling my son John...