Sunday, July 21, 2013

Naming Number Three

We are praying for the happy arrival of a new grandson, nephew, son and brother this November. The choosing of the name for our son was rather unique in that Lauryn and I were away from each other for two weeks, and seemed to both independently settle on the same given name during this time. The name that has been chosen is,

Ian Elijah Falkenstine.

His first name, Ian, is the Scottish Gaelic equivalent to the English, John, which means, “God is Gracious.”

The middle name, Elijah, is a direct translation of the Hebrew meaning, “God is Yahweh.”
Both this attribute and name of God is eloquently combined in a single passage of scripture, which we have chosen to go with his name. The Holman Christian Standard translation uses both exact words,

“Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands.”

God gave the prophet Elijah the ministry of declaring the meaning of his name in that the one true God is Yahweh. At a very critical point in Elijah’s life, God demonstrated that he is indeed gracious to those who serve him, and keep his covenant, by both dealing kindly with the depressed Elijah, and preserving the life of the remnant of those who remained faithful to Him.


We ask a blessing on little Ian, that he will have this same view of who God is, and understand with all of his heart the graciousness of this God he serves.

Daniel, Lauryn, Shelden and Jenae

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