Thursday, July 17, 2008

What's in a name?

Our plan from the beginning of this pregnancy has been to find out the gender of our baby and to keep the name a secret until birth. When we discovered the challenges we were going to have with our son's health, we decided to let his name be known so we and others can pray specifically. Here is some insight into the significance of the names we have chosen:

Braden
Language/Cultural origin: English
Inherent Meaning: From the broad clearing
Spiritual Connotation: Redeemed
Scripture: Romans 5:9, "And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s judgement."

Robert
Language/Cultural origin: Old English
Inherent Meaning: Bright in counsel
Spiritual Connotation: Abiding in God
Scripture: 1 John 4:13, "And He has put His own Holy Spirit into our hearts as a proof to us that we are living with Him and He with us."
(Robert is also Darth's father's first name)

Please feel free to share our son's name with others. It's wonderful to know that people will be praying for Braden by name.

Thank you to those who have left comments, sent cards and taken time to pray for us. We appreciate your love and support. God bless!

Darth & Jenni

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an awesome, powerful name! I've been praying for him and I just know he'll be born with a healthy heart.

Faith in God moves mighty mountains!!!

I love you Braden, my little peep! :)

Delena said...

I love the name, too!

Queen Mimi said...

Thanks for sharing your Blog with me. I am praying for you.