I now realize it's no accident that while our relational daughter's name is in the form of a noun "gift", our loving, seeking, always moving son's name is a verb, "God gives".
Dorathea means "God-gift" or gift of God.
Jonathan means "God gives". A continual gift, prepetually in motion;
moving,
writing,
riding,
climbing (and getting stuck)
bathing,
playing,
and thankfully; sleeping.
This is the little boy who I found chasing a cat across the street on the neighbors porch. Scary! I shouldn't have been surprised that he could move out the back door, through the gate and across the yard so quickly. This is after all the child who when I prayed for a scripture for him this came to mind;
‘You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14‘I will be found by you,’ declares the LORD," Jerimiah 29:13And an image from Wynken, Blyken,and Nod came into my head, so I put it to paper for him;
of a boy willing to sail the stars to find the moon. Yes, Jonathan gift in motion, is a verb. My favorite verbs to describe him; searching and finding.
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