Marvel

We think of both our girls as miracles because we know that their existence defies the odds and points to God! When Lucy was born I decided that the best way to express this on her birth announcement was by simply stating the definition of "miracle" and including her name as one of the definitions....

Even though Sophie is equally as miraculous, she needed her own word! For weeks now I have been searching for an equally powerful and accurate word for our second miracle. There were a few I liked, though none really spoke to me. On the list was "marvel" but it just didn't seem to fit so I kept asking God to show me the word for Sophie.

Today is September 4th and for a multitude of reasons I am convinced Sophie is coming today. While she is still nine days from her due date and what feels like an eternity after that before I would be induced, today feels like the day. Even if I am eating my words at 12:01am tonight when it becomes September 5th, I 'm standing by my feeling. So today, September 4th, I picked up my bible study reading (we're reading an old testament and new testament passage each day to read the entire bible in a year) and started reading Exodus 34-35. Under the heading "The Covenant Renewed" I came across Exodus 34:10 (God speaking):

And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. 

Before all your people I will do marvels, 

such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. 

And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, 

for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

What do you know?! In an instant "marvel" completely fit as Sophie's word! Some translations use the word "wonders" or "miracles" but regardless, each points back to the work of the Lord. Sophie is the work of the Almighty Lord!

A passage the Lord took us to early on our path of infertility was John 9:1-3:

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 

And his disciples asked him, 

"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 

Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parent, 

but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Doesn't that sound shockingly similar to the end of Exodus 34:10 "...And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you."

Webster defines "marvel" as:

noun:

1: one that causes wonder or astonishment

2: intense surprise or interest

intransitive verb:

:to become filled with surprise, wonder or amazed curiosity

transitive verb:

:to feel astonishment or perplexity at or about

You are indeed a marvel sweet Sophie Marie, whether you come today, September 4, 2013 or not!