His Name

I have been writing this post since Ascher was born. We struggled and struggled with what his name would be once we found out he was a boy. If he was a girl, we knew our name but boy names...that was another story. We couldn't find anything we both loved. Everything was yeah...that's ok. Nothing struck me and nothing stayed with me. We would decide on a name and go with it. Try it out for a few days and say nope...not his name. 

I would pray that God would show me what his name should be. What God called him to be. I knew I wanted his name to mean "joy." God promises us joy all throughout the bible and regardless of the circumstances he promises his joy will come. I wanted our child to have that. There are over two hundred verses about joy. Some of my favorites include:

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. James 1:2

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Philippians 4:4

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory. 1 Peter 1:8

For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Psalm 33:21

Here is a link to the verses: I just love them all.

God is so faithful to bring us joy. I knew I wanted his name to mean joy. However, if you look up names that mean joy; you get names like...Benvenuto, Gilam, Gilon, Hani, Harshad, Oron, Radimir, Simcha & Woyzeck. No offense but I couldn't imagine our child being named any of those names.

I was getting so discouraged. He needed a perfect name. Giving a child his name is such an important decision. It’s not like he is gonna get married one day and change his name. His name will be his name for life!! 

One night I was watching TV and one of the characters name was Asher. I liked it. I had heard it before but had forgotten it. I really liked it. Justin came to bed and I said I think I found his name. What do you think about Asher? He liked it. I said well let me see what it means. I don’t want it to mean something weird. So I google “Asher” It means “fortunate, blessed, happy.” Then the pregnant hormones kick in and I started crying. This was his name. His name means HAPPINESS! Which is a synonym of joy.

However, we weren’t too fond of spelling it “asher” Ash reminded us of ashes after a fire. Then I started thinking…well I do love the Asscher cut diamond…so what about making our own spelling…Ascher. Perfect. His name was HIS. I was so happy and relieved. He had a name we both loved and agreed on. He was going to be Ascher Hardy. (Hardy is my maiden name). I suddenly couldn’t wait for him to get here. My baby boy had a name. Perfect.

While reading his name meaning it said that Asher was also Jacob’s 8^th son in the bible.

“Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.” Genesis 49:20

If you know me- you know my love of rich foods/candy. Haha- another sign that Asher was my baby boys name.