A boy named "Mother"

I was nineteen and had been married a whole year when two beautiful lines clearly revealed themselves to me on a pregnancy test! I never imagined the difficult road that lay ahead of us and the tears and prayers that were waiting in our future on the journey to become parents. It was after our third loss that Cameron and I found a scripture in Micah 7 verse 7 "But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me." When we became pregnant again we vowed to name our child Micah if he was a boy in honor of the verse we held on to and for the glory of a Savior who always hears His children. Micah was born February 2006
Five years later....We arrive to Bulgaria and within the first week we realize Micah's name is the same word used as 'Mother' We suggested to Micah that he might consider going by another name and he tried it but insisted on just being "Micah" and we agreed. When Benjamin was born we almost named him Luke and decided against it. In Bulgaria the name Luke would have been the same as onion! So we laughed and would say "God You knew You were going to send us to Bulgaria, why did you let us name our child 'Mother'" and then follow up with "Well at least you helped us not end up with a 'Mother' and an 'onion'!
We have now lived in Bulgaria for five months and have shared our testimony over and over because of sweet Micah's name! One day in a taxi I told Cameron "We need to hurry and go pick up Micah" and the taxi driver said "Well where is your mother now?" We laughed and explained he was our child and then the driver wanted to know why we named him mother. We told him our testimony and of God's faithfulness in our lives. He then shared with us that his wife had had three miscarriages and was in the hospital that moment possibly losing her fourth pregnancy. Cameron asked him if he would allow us to pray for her and he said he didn't believe in God and didn't need Him. At the end of the taxi ride he told Cameron that he could pray for his wife.
On another occasion a woman didn't believe Micah was in the Bible. Cameron then showed her where the book of Micah was and showed her the scripture God lead us to. She was amazed that she had never seen that before and promised Cameron to study it.
I could go on and on but I am just reminded with sweet Micah's name that God knows where we are headed in life and when we live in obedience to Him we can rest assured that even times of "My son's name means MOTHER?!" that God perfectly Orchestrated every detail to bring Himself Glory!
It is Micah's name of "Mother" that has opened so many doors to introduce the lost to their FATHER.
Pray for opened doors, open ears, and hearts that are willing to receive.