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“And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins” Matthew 1:21.

Let me begin by saying that all children are a precious gift from God. When I think of the above-mentioned verse I can only imagine how profound Mary must have felt when she was told that she was going to give birth to God’s only begotten Son and Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. I am no Mary and by no means is my beloved son Jedidiah Jesus. However, the news of my pending pregnancy and ultimate birth of a baby boy was somewhat of a similar nature.

Several months before I got pregnant or was even entertaining any thought about having a child, the most mind-blowing thing happened to me. I was in deep bible study as I sought to draw closer to the Lord and that journey led me to the book of 2 Samuels. This particular day I was reading chapter 12 and as I read verse 25 which said, “To show his love, the Lord sent word to David through Nathan the Prophet that he should also call the baby Jedidiah, meaning Loved by the Lord,” I will never forget, the Spirit of the Lord told me that I will have a son and that would be his name, Jedidiah. At first, I thought I was losing it, or maybe it was my own thought but the effect of that voice was nothing like I have ever experienced. Not wanting to dismiss it, I took my pen and marked that place in the bible just in case it came to pass. I will post a picture because I still have that little bible.

At the time of this unusual occurrence, I was at Boot Camp (that’s another story for some other day) and wanting to have witnesses, I shared it with a few of the women I was close to. I don’t know if they remembered though because we are no longer in contact. I also told my husband about it but none of us made a big deal. This was in June or July of 2016, I did not think to add the exact date.

I returned home from boot camp in early September of 2016, after making a difficult decision that this was not the right path and it was not in my family’s best interest. Life continued and I had forgotten about the whole experience. Then as faith would have it, I got pregnant in November that said year with triplets and that was when the Spirit brought it back to my mind. Unfortunately, two passed, the singleton remained and I just knew that the baby was a boy, I could not shake it. I quickly grabbed my bible and showed my in-laws as I relayed my experience to them. I also told them with certainty that I was having a boy and his name will be Jedidiah. I felt so sure that I did not even considered a girl name as a back-up. Certainly, at first they were a bit on the fence about the name as it was not exactly modern, However, I was adamant that if I had a boy, there was no way that I would give him another name and wound up disobeying the Lord if He indeed had a hand in this (A little doubt crept in regarding the authenticity of the voice).

My husband did not want us to find out the gender of the baby but it did not matter much to me because I was so sure of the gender at this point. I even hid and bought boys clothes anyways. Long story short, on Sunday, July 9, 2017, I gave birth to the most adorable baby boy who I named Jedidiah.

That was 7 years ago, and today as I celebrate his life and birthday, I want to first express the highest praise and endless gratitude to God for gifting me with a wonderful little boy who loves the Lord so much. I also want to thank my family who at first thought I was off my rockers but eventually supported my decision to name him Jedidiah. Like Hannah, who in gratitude gave her son to the Lord, I too have dedicated my son to God. I will continue to teach him to love and fear the Lord. I will pray for the Lord to walk with him everyday and not allow his feet to stray left or right but help him to walk the narrow path with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I will continue to pray for favor upon is life and that he will be a source of light in this world.

Indeed, I am humble and as I write this post, thousand of memories came flooding in and my heart is overflowing with endless love for my only son. With that, I want to wish him a happy birthday and I believe that he will have the best year of his life; he is in his seventh year, God’s perfect number, the number of completion so how can it not be spectacular.

May you and your family be blessed.