What's In A Name? | Satisfaction Through Christ

For us, coming up with the “perfect” name never did seem of highest importance. Before adoption seemed “real” we would throw around a name or two, mainly boy names, and Q would always go back to his favorite girl name, Talitha. I always disagreed as I was afraid she would always be called Tabitha! When the birthparents asked us what we wanted his/her name to be (before any of us knew the sex) we automatically knew of a boy name (Josiah) but hadn’t yet agreed on a girl’s name. When we found out at 2am on January 31 that our blessing was a girl, Q automatically hopped out of bed and started searching for biblical girl names. On the way down to Jacksonville, one by one, I threw all of the names out that he’d come up with:

Grace
Faith
Hope
Eden
Talitha
No, no, no!

So, as we drove down I-95 the birthmother continued to ask what name we’d chosen. About 2 hours away I decided to search for biblical girl names. All of the ones that Q had come up with popped up, but there I found…Moriah. Let me start with the biblical account of the sacrifice of Isaac at Mount Moriah in Genesis 22: 1-19

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived at Beersheba.

Genesis 22: 1-19

So you ask, “What’s In a Name?”

The glory of God!

When we received “the phone call” on January 30 at 9:30pm, we had no idea how we would pay for Moriah’s adoption, how we would be equipped to parent her, let alone raise her to love Christ with all of her heart, soul, mind and strength. But, that night (with trembling hands and fear beyond anything you could ever know) we said, “Yes, Lord! We trust You, we believe that you will provide and we have faith in you!”

Moriah Faith

I’ll have to save the provision story for another blog post, but let’s just say the Lord has and continues to provide. We trust with every ounce of faith that He will provide the complete ransom for her adoption before her finalization hearing on May 12. Will you continue to pray with us?

I said from the day we left NC to head to FL, “I want none of this to be because of anything I ever did. I want the Lord to receive the glory from Moriah’s story…she is His!”

Lord, thank you for giving me the precious gift of waking up to this smile every morning. Thank you for the provision and for your promises that are new every single day! Continue to increase my faith through my little girl and help me to glorify you in all that I do.

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Christie is a stay-at-home mom to two beautiful little girls, a pastor's wife, and lover of Jesus. Her hope is that STC would be a source of encouragement for women all over the world!

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