So Much To Do, So Little Time
Before our second child was born, Andrew and I spent a lot of time throwing name ideas at each other. Our conversations on the topic went something like this:
"How about Manheim?"
"Uhhh, no. How about Frederick?"
"Hahahaha! No."
It wasn’t until we were reading our scriptures one night and came to the Book of Judges (Old Testament) chapters 6 and 7 that we saw the name Gideon. Something sparked and we knew it was THE name. We had varied reactions from people when they heard our choice of names, from the not-so-subtle, "Well that’s…..unique.", to the enthusiastic, "What a fantastic name!" But it didn’t matter what anyone else thought, our boy hadn’t even been born yet and we knew his name was definitely Gideon. When we looked up the name in the baby book, it said that Gideon means "warrior". Now that we’ve had some time to get to know his personality, it’s as though this name was invented just for him. Warrior is putting it mildly!
So today in church we listened to a youth speaker. She stood up to the podium and nervously adjusted the microphone. "Today I would like to talk to you about my favorite prophet. Gideon."
As soon as she said that, my little warrior looked at me, his eyes opened wide with wonder, and asked me, "I’m a prophet, too?"
Then he looked at his feet, shook his head and said to himself, "I am REALLY busy!"
Humor-Blogs.com is more interested in profits than prophets!
Gideon is a cool name, and underused. Why does every kid on the planet need to be named Joshua?
Comment by diesel — May 25, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
Oh how sweet! That’s adorable. Gideon is a beautiful name.
Comment by MereCat — May 26, 2008 @ 3:30 am
Give my little prophet a hug and kiss. And Yes, He is really busy and well get busier with time. Look out world.
Comment by mom — May 26, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Bwahahahahahahaha. Such young shoulders, such tremendous responsibilities.
Comment by Claudia — May 27, 2008 @ 6:09 am
Hee hee. Glad to know he takes his responsibilities seriously.
Lots of weight on those small (but still manly, I’m sure!) shoulders.
Comment by Allanna — May 28, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
heheh cute!
Comment by Nicole - Raising Animals — June 3, 2008 @ 6:20 pm