Annie Margaret

i know i have told you guys about the meaning of annie's name but lately the meaning has really been quite powerful to me.

Annie means Grace. we named annie after several amazing women: my mom's middle name is ann, aunt lizzy's middle name is ann, our favorite babysitter growing up was named anne (anne morain) every step of the last 6 weeks i can see His powerful grace being poured out over us. His grace truly is sufficient! we will testify of His amazing Grace!

Margaret means treasured pearl. margaret comes from another amazing women...aunt maggie! we so love our incredible aunt maggie and are honored to use her name. when we were in the NICU mom-mom and i were having several wonderful talks in hour many hours together. one afternoon it dawned on me that i had never asked her why she named maggie margaret. where did her name come from? why had i never asked that who knows...but im glad i did. maggie was actually named after mom-mom's great grandmother. which would make it maggie's great, great grandmother. which would make her annie's great, great, great grandmother. when i was praying about annie's name before she was born, we were trying to decide between two names for her middle name. one night as i was praying before bed i literally asked the Lord to give me a sign as to what her middle name was supposed to be. the next day i kid you not, my sisters gave me a necklace with a single beautiful pearl. i took that as my sign from the Lord. it was really sweet to my heart. i've worn that necklace almost every last day of my pregnancy as i prayed for my sweet annie, my treasured pearl.

when we were in the NICU...early one morning as i was praying over annie the Lord gave me a picture as her little layette bed being the oyster shell and how her little body was like the precious grain of sand that God was cultivating into such a gorgeous treasure. it was really sweet to my heart that morning.

this last monday there were about 20+ precious people from our community who gathered out our house to lay hands on annie and ken annointed her with oil. God's presence was so sweet and our hearts were so filled with joy and love. God released so many amazing prophetic pictures about annie to us. aaron one of the guys praying with us gave us this amazing picture of God saying Annie was His Treasure....my heart of course leaped with joy. clearly the Lord was confirming His love to me over and over again over me and over our beautiful baby annie. my sister allison along with 3 others all had similiar pictures that were almost identical that i will record in her baby book. there were so many sweet scriptures shared that i will record as i look forward to the day i can share these with her in more detail. there were so many amazing encouraging words from God monday night. mike and i are so very grateful for our community and to see His Kingdom come on Earth with these amazing people He is allowing us to journey with in this city.

Annie Margaret: our gracious, treasured pearl.