the chronicles of sarnia
Thor
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A few weeks ago we had our 20 week check up for baby #2. With our last pregnancy we could only think of girl names so we were relieved when we found out that Alethia is a girl. Otherwise we might have a very confused “boy named Sue” situation on our hands. Well this time around we can only think of boy names. For some odd reason all those girl names fell out of our heads and all that we can think of are boy names. So we had a hunch going in for the ultra sound a few weeks ago that we were about to find out we’re having a boy. I imagined what it’d be like to have a boy as I sat next to Kristi. Looking at the ultrasound monitor, daydreaming as I often do (about nothing really) I found myself get jolted back into reality as I wondered…”what if it’s a boy??” I imagined myself leaping to my feet at the news running up and down the halls of the hospital yelling “ITS A BOY” with the front of my t-shirt pulled over my head as if I just scored a goal to win the World Cup (soccer).
<Back to reality>
While Kristi laid on the bed and I held her hand, we saw (very clearly) that we’re having a baby boy! I let out a glottal grunt/yelp for joy. I don’t know how but instinctually I knew it was going to be a boy. I guess I had a 50/50 shot.
When Alethia was in the womb we nicknamed her Shaniqua Trixiefaye Lee. Within minutes of leaving the hospital we nicknamed our boy Thor Bartholomew Cosmopolis Lee. And thus he shall be called hence forth until he is born and we announce his real name. : D
Alethia
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I got up at 5:30 this morning. I’ve been looking forward to this day for months. When I rolled out of bed I could taste my morning breath. It made me nauseous. I got dressed in a hurry flew out the door knowing that if I didn’t get some time to really process what was about to happen today, I’d miss out on something truly amazing.
Family from Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota showed for our 2nd service. I’ve been praying for a lot of their hearts to have an awakening today. I honestly don’t know where a lot of family members are at in the journey. I just want to let God use today to wet their appetites for something greater than themselves. Something you can’t measure or even see with your eyes.
The band today was incredibly united. Same wavelength. Same heart. Same focus. I’m not sure I’ve had so much fun worshiping before. It’s okay to have fun in church, worshiping, right? ; D
The focal point (for me anyway) was that our daughter Alethia was dedicated today. Her name means truth. We (Kristi and I) feel like God wants to use Alethia in the coming years to help reveal truth in people lives and encourage them to see God’s fingerprints in their life stories. She already does that for me. God teaches me so much about His heart through her. She’s the light of my life. Every night when I put her to bed, I cradle her in my arms, hold her cheek close to mine and ask God to fill Alethia with dreams and desires that revolve around His purpose for her life. I plead for God’s protection over her heart and mind as she sleeps, that God’s very precense would fill her bedroom as she sleeps in His arms. I pray for God to help her wake up refreshed for a new day of fun with Mommy and Daddy.
She turns 1 tomorrow. July 28th. I can’t believe it. She’s growing up before my very eyes! There’s so much joy in being her Daddy, but there’s a mixture of sadness. I know that one day God will allow her to leave my protection. Everything in me wants to be there to be her rock in times of trouble. To be the shoulder to cry on. The one to run to.
Father, thank you for Alethia. She is my world. Tears fill my eyes when I think of the gift that she is. Lord, I pray as Rick prayed today at her dedication, that she would come to know you at an early age. I ask that you’d give me the privilege of leading her to ask you into her heart. As Ephesians 3:17 says, “That Christ would be at home in your heart.” Alethia was created for amazing things. Show me how to live my life in a way that gives her a solid root system to grow in the knowledge of your tender mercy.
