Oh,my
heart ♥,
God is doing it AGAIN.
He is telling us His story of destiny of another life
He is weaving into our family.
We have watched with awe as God has named each one of
our children...each name so fitting...even the ones we thought we were picking out!!..some names have been miracles,
like our son, Bruik, who we decided to name, Bruik, after Baruach (gift to God)
in the Bible and to give our new son an Ethiopian name as well as a name from
our family line, Clement, Richard's middle name, which means,
"Mercy".
When we received our referral information,
telling us about our little son, on that sole piece of paper, the only
information history we would ever have of his story, at the top was one name,
before their early death, his loving parents had named this little one, BRUIK.
Named, God's gift or Gift to God on BOTH sides of the world!!
And
with each of my birth children...I was astounded as I recently unpacked each of
their names and found His fingerprints ALL over them!
So, knowing He has a "name", a destiny
for each of us, that is "written in the palms" of His hand, I was
listening for what He would name this new one to our family.
Right away He started whispering to my heart...in
simple daily activities and in preparations and advocation and prayers for this
little one in the Marshall Islands He is naming this one.
Phrases,
words...
This
time, even on the day we first heard of this baby who needs rescue He said,
"LOVE...DOVE...ROSE"
"lovie dovie"
"My Love, My Dove"...
Always
one to bring what He says to me to the Word, I of course am finding this one
written as a beloved in the Song of Solomon. One night late at night He said,
"beloved" "David" and when I looked up the name of the
"one after God's own heart" I found that his Hebrew name means,
"beloved".
Beloved...Love...Dove...Rose
And then the family was talking over names for
baby--we do not know if this is a boy or a girl...if the baby is a girl, we do
know the birth mother's name and many in our family were asking to name
"her" after her mother. To know a birth mother, to our family is SUCH
a sacred honor...we have not had this privilege in our other international
adoptions. This sounded sweet, however, I was hoping for a Biblical name for
this one...last week, I could not sleep...I tossed and turned, playing with
baby names and knitting them to our last name...
The mother's name kept coming to my heart...It was
the middle of the night but I careful got up, trying not to wake up Richard and
looked up the Hebrew meanings of the names God had been putting on my heart.
EACH NAME'S definition was "BELOVED". HOW ABOUT THAT!!!!
And as I looked up the mother's name, its
definition is, "GRACIOUS ROSE". Our little "Rosie Love".
:)) Our "Lovie Dovie" A dove in a safe nest..brought from the
islands...
or David :)
our
beloved son with the heart of a King before God...a worshiper...
And so...Sunday morning was an important morning
for solidifying plans to bring this baby and Mother to the States. It is an act
of faith and courage to press forward into many unknown details...but we turned
the "fire" of avocation up higher...knowing the time is now for this
rescue.
Part of this journey is so hard on a heart
becoming very tender in love toward a new child and encouragement is gold in
these times. So it took my breath away when, during a regular church service,
yesterday, right after I sank into my seat, breathing out trust to God and
asking for a Word of confirmation over this child...that...God would name this
child, singing over him or her.
During special worship a lovely woman, Sarah
Beford, got up to sing a beautiful, simple song. And I was undone. Over and
over in this simple song of worship from Song of Solomon...Sarah sang "My
Love, My Dove, My Fair One."
If you saw me in my seat under a river of tears...I
was under the pressing of awe that once more we are caught up in GOD'S STORY
and song of a life He is rescuing, redeeming, and launching into this world for
HIS GLORY, for HIS renown. One Life, SO PRECIOUS to Him ...and two family lines
needed to be intersected so that the fullness of His joy and plan for this one
baby's life may be realized...the wonder of it all is quite beyond my
capability to understand!!
But I am joyfully in awe.
As I got home from church Sunday..phrases still
washing through my spirit for this little baby like gentle waves on sand...I
sat and studied in my Bible...in part, I found that the land of Sharon
(rose of Sharon) is a fertile land, a fruitful place where King David's cattle
grazed...
and
that it is carpeted in these wild flowers on its plain in the Spring..
I
found that the wild rose is in DANGER from being trampled and from enemies
(like our little one is now) and needs the protection of the king...that the
wild rose is ruddy and beautiful, Like Jesus. ♥
...that
"the rose delights not in fat soils and rich clays, but in rubbish and
roses that grow there are of the sweetest smell; such was the earth of
Sharon"...and here is this one...who's place is so hard and yet such
richness will come from their life's destiny as they are transplanted in our
home...OH MY!
"Behold you are fair, my love. Behold you have
dove's eyes."
