Today I decided to do it a little different, only because we don't have any recent pictures. I thought some of you might be interested in how the names of our children came about. All of the names are Biblical, they're just not actual names of people in the Bible. Instead we chose conceptual names.
Cley, should be spelled clay but Tiff got creative and threw an "e" in there to confuse everyone and to cause him grief the rest of his life because no one spells it right. We got his name out of Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You are our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. Our hope for our children is that they will be moldable and teachable by our Lord.
Grace & Faith, not so complicated with the spelling but still important. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. This passage is of great importance to us because it explains in plain words how our salvation works. Saved by grace, nothing we could earn, completely free to us. Other parts of the Bible refer to our salvation as a free gift, Romans 6:23, what an awesome gift! Through faith, our faith is in Jesus alone, being the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Sounds cliché I know but that is what the Bible teaches and that is what we believe. Besides, there is no possible way I could ever earn or repay the debt of my sin. I am simply in too deep!
By the way, our children are a blessing to us from God and we are so grateful to have them in our lives. Some of you know that we lost our first two pregnancies to miscarriage. That was a very difficult time in our lives! Our first pregnancy was twins and that was a hard loss. The second was a single baby and we lost that one early too. But, the Lord is good and he replaced all that was lost and we have comfort in knowing that they are in His care.
I know I don't typically write too much about our lives, but that just might change!
More pics coming soon!
