Family: Naming my Children

A Christian friend called Shannon (this is her baptism name which means "wisdom" in Hebrew) whom I met while working at GSK last Dec said that the meaning behind one's name is important because when people call you by name they are actually confessing things into your life. So she asked me why I used "Priscilla" which means "ancient" in Hebrew? Dang... But too bad... It was chosen by my church leaders back in my old church as my baptism name. And I liked the sound of it cuz not many had that name in the past until recently. Too bad... But at least it means I will find my Aquila. Haha. And we can be tent makers.

=) Anyway, after a conversation I had with JianFeng in his car after service and after some thought I think I know what to name my children in the future! Haha.

Children are gifts and miracles from God. And it'll be awesome to be confessing miracles into their lives whenever you call them by name. i.e. Mira-chan...Kiseki-chan...("chan" can also be used for calling little boys) Not only will they be the living testimonies of God's miraculous creation, but they will also become vessels of faith through which God can work His miracles through. And I definitely pray that signs and wonders of God will abound in my children's lives.
Haha...

If I had a daughter I'll name her " Mira" "繝溘Λ" for Miracle 繝溘Λ繧ｯ繝ｫ in short.

繝溘Λ is pronouced as "mee-ra" in Japanese and not "my-ra"
though the latter sounds nicer in English.

繝溘Λ繧ｯ繝ｫ (mi-ra-ku-ru) is pronounced as "mee-ra-ku-ru"
This is the official katakana adaptation of "miracle".

And if I had a son, he can be called "Kiseki" which also means miracle.
This is the hiragana version of the native Japanese word "miracle".
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繝溘Λ繧ｯ繝ｫ
(n) miracle; (P)

螂�霍｡縲舌″縺帙″縲�
(n) miracle; wonder; marvel; (P)
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In the Dictionaries:

• miracle
  n 1: any amazing or wonderful occurrence 2: a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of God.
  (2003 Princeton University)
  
• mirﾂｷaﾂｷcle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mr-kl)n.
  An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God: 窶廴iracles are spontaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves窶� (Katherine Anne Porter).
  One that excites admiring awe. See Synonyms at wonder.
  A miracle play.
  (The American Heritageﾂｮ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
  
• miracle
  an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or thesimple volition of God, operating without the use of means capable of beingdiscerned by the senses, and designed to authenticate the divine commission ofa religious teacher and the truth of his message (John 2:18; Matt. 12:38). Itis an occurrence at once above nature and above man. It shows the interventionof a power that is not limited by the laws either of matter or of mind, a powerinterrupting the fixed laws which govern their movements, a supernatural power."The suspension or violation of the laws of nature involved in miracles isnothing more than is constantly taking place around us. One force counteractsanother: vital force keeps the chemical laws of matter in abeyance; andmuscular force can control the action of physical force. When a man raises aweight from the ground, the law of gravity is neither suspended nor violated,but counteracted by a stronger force. The same is true as to the walking ofChrist on the water and the swimming of iron at the command of the prophet. Thesimple and grand truth that the universe is not under the exclusive control ofphysical forces, but that everywhere and always there is above, separate fromand superior to all else, an infinite personal will, not superseding, butdirecting and controlling all physical causes, acting with or without them."God ordinarily effects his purpose through the agency of second causes; but hehas the power also of effecting his purpose immediately and without theintervention of second causes, i.e., of invading the fixed order, and thus ofworking miracles. Thus we affirm the possibility of miracles, the possibilityof a higher hand intervening to control or reverse nature's ordinary movements.
  In the New Testament these four Greek words are principally used to designatemiracles:
  
  (1.) Semeion, a "sign", i.e., an evidence of a divine commission; anattestation of a divine message (Matt. 12:38, 39; 16:1, 4; Mark 8:11; Luke11:16; 23:8; John 2:11, 18, 23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence andworking of God; the seal of a higher power.
  
  (2.) Terata, "wonders;"wonder-causing events; portents; producing astonishment in the beholder (Acts2:19).
  
  (3.) Dunameis, "might works;" works of superhuman power (Acts 2:22; Rom.15:19; 2 Thess. 2:9); of a new and higher power.
  
  (4.) Erga, "works;" the worksof Him who is "wonderful in working" (John 5:20, 36). Miracles are seals of adivine mission. The sacred writers appealed to them as proofs that they weremessengers of God. Our Lord also appealed to miracles as a conclusive proof ofhis divine mission (John 5:20, 36; 10:25, 38). Thus, being out of the commoncourse of nature and beyond the power of man, they are fitted to convey theimpression of the presence and power of God. Where miracles are there certainlyGod is. The man, therefore, who works a miracle affords thereby clear proof thathe comes with the authority of God; they are his credentials that he is God'smessenger. The teacher points to these credentials, and they are a proof thathe speaks with the authority of God. He boldly says, "God bears me witness,both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles." The credibility ofmiracles is established by the evidence of the senses on the part of those whoare witnesses of them, and to all others by the testimony of such witnesses.The witnesses were competent, and their testimony is trustworthy. Unbelievers,following Hume, deny that any testimony can prove a miracle, because they saymiracles are impossible. We have shown that miracles are possible, and surelythey can be borne witness to. Surely they are credible when we have abundantand trustworthy evidence of their occurrence. They are credible just as anyfacts of history well authenticated are credible. Miracles, it is said, arecontrary to experience. Of course they are contrary to our experience, but thatdoes not prove that they were contrary to the experience of those who witnessedthem. We believe a thousand facts, both of history and of science, that arecontrary to our experience, but we believe them on the ground of competenttestimony. An atheist or a pantheist must, as a matter of course, deny thepossibility of miracles; but to one who believes in a personal God, who in hiswisdom may see fit to interfere with the ordinary processes of nature, miraclesare not impossible, nor are they incredible.
  (Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary)

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Other names that can be considered:

• MEIR
  Gender: Masculine Means "giving light" in Hebrew.
  
• NESSA
  Gender: Feminine Means "miracle" in Hebrew.
  
• NOGAH (this one sounds like a name you would encounter in a Jap anime; noga-kun)
  Gender: Masculine & Feminine Means "brightness" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of King David in the Old Testament. In modern times it is sometimes used as a feminine name.
  
• SHIRA
  Gender: Feminine Means "poetry" or "singing" in Hebrew.
  
  For more Hebrew names :http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/jew2.php