Those of you who have been folllowing ROOTTS must have read about how I was first exposed to the grace gospel in 2005 through Victor, an ex-colleague of mine from New Creation Church who left Ps Prince's sermons in the office for others to borrow.
But do you know that somehow even way back in 1996 and 1997, God was already preparing me for this revelation? Read on...
My daughter Rachel was born in March 1996, while my son Mark was born 18 months later in September 1997. We had wanted to give them names found in the Bible. By the way, Rachel means "female lamb", while Mark means "mighty
warrior".
But what is of more significance are the Chinese names that my wife chose for them even way back then. Rachel's name is hui4 xian2 (惠娴), which means "gracious and elegant". Mark's name is en1 le4 (恩乐), which means "benevolent and joyful".
Well, the Chinese characters for God's grace is en1 hui4 "恩惠". Rachel has the hui4 "惠" in her name, while Mark has the en1 "恩" in his name!
What this means is that the LORD must have given my Prov 31 woman great wisdom and foresight, and sown that seed into her heart, and it came to fruition some 9 years later!
(By the way, the graphic on right was lifted from Geri's blog entry entitled Chinese grace)
And as I see my kids growing up, those traits are really coming to pass. Rachel is a wonderful girl full of elegance, while Mark is always so joyful. And needless to say, both of them are also starting to understand what it means to have God's undeserved favour as a result of Jesus' finished work on the cross.
Hallelujah and praise to the LORD!
1 comment:
Wow! Your wife must have been led by the spirit when she named the kids! =D
BTW, 娴 means woman with a door blocked by Christ... Jesus is Huixian's door! She is sealed in Christ so she can rest (the right element minus the female element on the left means rest). =D
Also... 乐 in its fan ti form is a pictograph of a newborn foetus that is pure and white above the element of wood. =D Is this not a picture of our LORD Jesus Christ - the source of ALL our joy! =D
Your children's names are highly blessed indeed!! Hallelujah!
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