This video has the evidence of Josiah's manhood :)
All of his head and body measurements and his heart rate were normal for his gestational age. That was the best news to me. I tend to worry between doctors appointments and dread them for fear they will find something bad.
To celebrate, we went to the mall to buy little Josiah something to wear home from the hospital. That sounds easy, but it was actually difficult. We ended up with more than one thing...go figure.
If you are wondering about the choice of names, read on.
Many of you are familiar with the story of Josiah from the Old Testament. These are our thoughts on the name and why we chose it:
Josiah became king of Judah at the young and impressionable age of 8. What is amazing about him is that after being raised in a world where belief in God was rare and idolatry, child sacrifice, and prostitution were rampant, he went against his entire culture and turned himself and his nation over to God. God must have found a great strength in Josiah’s character and was watching out for him. He saved him from the death and destruction of his the ways of his predecessors. God had revealed himself to Josiah and Josiah listened and followed wholeheartedly even with the pressures of a nation on him. He must have been faithful and trustworthy for God to choose to reveal himself to him and Josiah responded decisively. “He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or the left” (2 Kings 22:2). I hope that our son will develop this kind of strength of character that will allow him to follow Christ despite the world around him.
As for the middle name…Jacob…he is well known Bible character, not to mention Josiah’s daddy’s name! I’m so proud of Jacob (my husband), his character, and his love for God, so Josiah Jacob seemed to be a fitting name.
You can read about Josiah in 2 Kings 22-23 and 2 Chronicles 34-35.
5 comments:
YAY!!!!!!!!!! So excited there's going to be a boy in the family!! Im sure you're both super excited! Congrats:)
I can't wait to meet Josiah - a gift from God! Congratulations you guys!!!
Yay! I love the name :) You will love having a boy - there's just something about how a little boy loves his mom that you will understand soon enough. It was great to see you guys this weekend.
Congratulations- again! Enjoyed the video :) (all too familiar). Can't wait for the boys to hang out together. Love the name, it's one of my favorites too. He's one lucky boy to have parents like you.
Good thing Josiah had his legs crossed like that, he really gave everyone a perfect view. I'm sure that video is going to be something to embarass him with at a future date ;)
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