The month before Zeke was born I decided to read the book of Ezekiel. I figured it would be a fun thing to do since he would share the name. I’d love to act all super-spiritual (actually I wouldn’t, I’ll leave that to the Starbucks holiday cup people) but we did not name him after the book of the Bible. Angela and I liked the way Ezekiel sounded and really liked the meaning (God strengthens). As I was reading through Ezekiel it started to get me down. The book of Ezekiel has a lot of doom and gloom, turn or burn, be sanctified or french fried kind of stuff in it. I started to think maybe it was a bad idea for me to read through it before he was born. It wasn’t really getting me excited like I thought it would. [Read more…] about Ezekiel: Living Up To The Name
Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel
As a lot of you are already aware, any minute now Zeke will enter the world. About a month ago, I set out to read Ezekiel in the Bible for fun since that is his name. I basically would have to read a chapter a day to finish it by the time his due date got here. I guess you could say the name Ezekiel is a nice Christian name since there is a book in the Bible named that, but that isn’t really why Angela and I picked it. We liked the way it sounded and the meaning of it. Zeke is also a pretty sweet nickname. So I figured I would refresh my memory about the Bible’s Ezekiel for fun. [Read more…] about The Book of Ezekiel