Ezra Jordan,
Happy 1st Birthday my sweet heart of my heart! I
love you so much! You are my little tiny present from God.
Mommy and Daddy gave you a big name – a name we pray would
draw you close to our God – Ezra Jordan.
Ezra after the Ezra in the Old Testament. Ezra was described
as having “the hand of the LORD his God on him,” and one who “had set his heart
to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules
in Israel.” My little Ezra my prayer is that you would have the hand of the
LORD on you, that you would call the LORD your God, and that you would set your
heart to study the Law of the LORD and to do it and teach it. Ezra is Hebrew
for help. I pray that you would have the help of the LORD all your days and
that in turn you would help others to know the LORD and know the help that is
only found in Him.
Jordan after the Jordan River where so many miraculous
things have happened, water stopped up so Israelites could cross on dry land,
Naaman healed of leprosy and the Baptism of Jesus to name a few. Jordan is
Hebrew for flowing down and we thought it fitting to name you “help flowing
down” as a reminder to us all that our help comes flowing down from the LORD
and we pray that it would continue to flow down into the lives of others.
I will also admit that during my drives to the midwife the
last couple of months of pregnancy the song, The River by Jordan Feliz was
always on the radio and at first I found it annoying but as I truly listened to
the words I fell in love with the song. The song convinced me Jordan was the
right name as it was firstly by Jordan and secondly and more importantly about
The River – Jesus where our lives are changed. So I will end my birthday blessing with the
lyrics, though it’s better if you just listen to the song:
I know a place
Where we can go
To lay the troubles down eating your soul
I know a place
Where mercy flows
Take the stains make you whiter than snow
Where we can go
To lay the troubles down eating your soul
I know a place
Where mercy flows
Take the stains make you whiter than snow
Like a tide it is rising up
Deep inside
A current that moves and makes you come alive
Living water
That brings the dead to life
We’re goin down to the river
Down to the river
Down to the river to pray
Let’s get washed by the water
Washed by the water
And rise up in amazing grace
Let’s go down, down, down to the river
You will leave changed
Let’s go down, down, down to the river
Never the same
I’ve seen it move
In my own life
Took me from dusty roads into Paradise
All of my dirt
All of my shame
Drowned in the streams that have made me born again
In my own life
Took me from dusty roads into Paradise
All of my dirt
All of my shame
Drowned in the streams that have made me born again
Like a tide it is rising up
Deep inside
A current that moves and makes you come alive
Living water
That brings the dead to life
We’re goin down to the river
Down to the river
Down to the river to pray
Let’s get washed by the water
Washed by the water
And rise up in amazing grace
Let’s go down, down, down to the river
You will leave changed
Let’s go down, down, down to the river
Never the same
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