When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.<\/span> Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.<\/span><\/p>\n On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,<\/span> but his mother spoke up and said, \u201cNo! He is to be called John.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n They said to her, \u201cThere is no one among your relatives who has that name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.<\/span> He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone\u2019s astonishment he wrote, \u201cHis name is John.\u201d<\/span> Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.<\/span> All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.<\/span> Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, \u201cWhat then is this child going to be?\u201d For the Lord\u2019s hand was with him.<\/span><\/p>\n Last year I wrote for my friend’s blog about the importance of children’s names. http:\/\/twosnydergirls.blogspot.ca\/2013\/10\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luke 1: 57-66 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after … <\/p>\n