Double Vision
A couple of weeks ago we had dinner with some long-time friends and it was during a discussion about their daughters name that her father mentioned “we wanted a name that means something. We wanted a good strong name, not something common.” Needless to say, we agree! A name needs to be strong and have some meaning! No offense to those of us with common names but doesn’t Elijah sound so much more powerful than Bob. And not to compare this simple blog to a child, but we also want to be intentional with its name. Simply put, we want it to mean something. So after much contemplation, (at least five long minutes, which we know some would not consider all that lengthy but that is about four minutes longer than we spent deciding on our first home) it hit us – Double Vision. Huh? That’s it? What is so meaningful about that? Well, we would be more than happy to share. While the name itself is quite simple, the concept itself requires more action or reaction than appears on the surface. You see, we have decided to challenge ourselves with the difficult task of looking at the events, occurrences, experiences, etc., in our lives and not only taking them at face value, but also evaluating them and acknowledging God’s hand in each situation – simply put, to have “double vision”. While we understand that it is common to look at things from a worldly perspective and make everything about us, which we do more often than we would ever care to admit, we also want to consider what God is trying to teach us or acknowledge how He is present in every occurrence in our lives. The good, the bad, the indifferent; it doesn’t matter – we want to focus on Him and make sure that we see what He is doing and learn from that. Simply put, we want to have “double vision.”
Honestly, don’t you think that name MEANS more than the idea that came to us two minutes into the process --- after all we could have gone with -- Ramblings from the Robertson’s!
A couple of weeks ago we had dinner with some long-time friends and it was during a discussion about their daughters name that her father mentioned “we wanted a name that means something. We wanted a good strong name, not something common.” Needless to say, we agree! A name needs to be strong and have some meaning! No offense to those of us with common names but doesn’t Elijah sound so much more powerful than Bob. And not to compare this simple blog to a child, but we also want to be intentional with its name. Simply put, we want it to mean something. So after much contemplation, (at least five long minutes, which we know some would not consider all that lengthy but that is about four minutes longer than we spent deciding on our first home) it hit us – Double Vision. Huh? That’s it? What is so meaningful about that? Well, we would be more than happy to share. While the name itself is quite simple, the concept itself requires more action or reaction than appears on the surface. You see, we have decided to challenge ourselves with the difficult task of looking at the events, occurrences, experiences, etc., in our lives and not only taking them at face value, but also evaluating them and acknowledging God’s hand in each situation – simply put, to have “double vision”. While we understand that it is common to look at things from a worldly perspective and make everything about us, which we do more often than we would ever care to admit, we also want to consider what God is trying to teach us or acknowledge how He is present in every occurrence in our lives. The good, the bad, the indifferent; it doesn’t matter – we want to focus on Him and make sure that we see what He is doing and learn from that. Simply put, we want to have “double vision.”
Honestly, don’t you think that name MEANS more than the idea that came to us two minutes into the process --- after all we could have gone with -- Ramblings from the Robertson’s!
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