chosen and precious

    "As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious....... a chief cornerstone chosen and precious.........But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

1 Peter 2:4, 6, 9-10 ESV

I was reading this passage a couple weeks ago and it has lingered in my mind over the last few weeks primarily because of some of the words in it..... the name we have for the coming baby is Torin Pierce. Torin is a gaelic word for chief and Pierce is a form of the name Peter, meaning rock. As I read the above passage the phrase "chief cornerstone" stood out to me. While I know it is referring to Christ as the cornerstone, the verses around it talk about us. We as God's people are chosen and precious, a people of His own, a people called to proclaim his excellencies, recipients of his mercy.

This morning I read this post from Raising Homemakers and was struck that what she wrote I could say as well.... it echoed much of what I feel and would want to say to my child. You are chosen, you are precious, you are wanted, you are important and have important things to do in this world. Torin will be our 6th child here, in today's world, there aren't too many 6th born children ;-) and I know God has a plan for each child He gives, whether a firstborn or a 6th born, each life is precious and has purpose.

And so, little Torin, our "chief, rock", you are chosen and precious to God and to us and we are thankful to have you in our lives and cannot wait to meet you - hopefully really soon! 

And just for the record, I finished his blanket last night, probably the latest I have finished any ;-) but it's done now, so you can come!