Just to let you know, I have decided to use nicknames for my children from now on. I don't know why I've never done this before and I pondered over if it was simply too late to do this now, but then I thought 'Just do it for their protection, just in case. What's the hurt in doing so anyway?' I've come across other blogs that nickname their children and I regret that I didn't do this myself prior to today. After all, my blog is open for anyone out there to read; public to all eyes, all time zones, as far as my neighbors live all the way to as far as the other side of the world. And when I looked up my neighborhood 'sex offenders', I was stunned to learn that there are at least 8 offenders that all live within a 2 mile radius of our home. This is what really triggered the nickname change....What if a person I don't know is reading my blog and is one of these offenders? They could very easily call my kids names out and even though I teach my kids about stranger safety; I still can not say for sure that they would not respond to their names being beckoned. Not saying they will be in danger and I'm not going to start acting in fear because 'God did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and of a sound mind.'
2 Tim 1:7 However He still wants me to use wisdom in all things, which is what I am trying to do now. Better late, than not at all, 'eh?
If you have been a regular reader or even just a semi-regular reader of mine you probably already know the names of my kids. But as I am getting more and more followers (hopefully some non-believers so they will be drawn by Him), I have decided to protect my children by giving them 'new names'. I asked God for their new blogger nicknames before choosing these: Our precious daughter will now be referred to as Jewel and our handsome 3 year old son will now be known as Mr. Happy or 'Happy'. I know; it's not as elegant as 'Jewel' but it still fits him just right; our son truly is a very happy boy. (My husband said that though our son really is a very happy little guy he thinks the nickname 'Happy' sounds like a dogs name and reminds him of 'Happy' (the dog) from '7th Heaven'.) Sure this may be true, but it still felt like the best fit when we were thinking of a name to describe the character that God placed in him. Same with our daughter....to us she really is a jewel, an image of a precious and beautiful stone constantly being adorned and decorated into a brilliant piece of fine jewelry that only our King could craft together; priceless and made in His image.
I've gone back to some past posts to remove their real names and replace it with their new nicknames. However if you do notice that I may have missed a few spots here or there, please will you let me know, through the 'Contact Us' tab? I would really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!
Just to let you know, I have decided to use nicknames for my children from now on. I don't know why I've never done this before and I pondered over if it was simply too late to do this now, but then I thought 'Just do it for their protection, just in case. What's the hurt in doing so anyway?' I've come across other blogs that nickname their children and I regret that I didn't do this myself prior to today. After all, my blog is open for anyone out there to read; public to all eyes, all time zones, as far as my neighbors live all the way to as far as the other side of the world. And when I looked up my neighborhood 'sex offenders', I was stunned to learn that there are at least 8 offenders that all live within a 2 mile radius of our home. This is what really triggered the nickname change....What if a person I don't know is reading my blog and is one of these offenders? They could very easily call my kids names out and even though I teach my kids about stranger safety; I still can not say for sure that they would not respond to their names being beckoned. Not saying they will be in danger and I'm not going to start acting in fear because 'God did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and of a sound mind.' 2 Tim 1:7 However He still wants me to use wisdom in all things, which is what I am trying to do now. Better late, than not at all, 'eh?
If you have been a regular reader or even just a semi-regular reader of mine you probably already know the names of my kids. But as I am getting more and more followers (hopefully some non-believers so they will be drawn by Him), I have decided to protect my children by giving them 'new names'. I asked God for their new blogger nicknames before choosing these: Our precious daughter will now be referred to as Jewel and our handsome 3 year old son will now be known as Mr. Happy or 'Happy'. I know; it's not as elegant as 'Jewel' but it still fits him just right; our son truly is a very happy boy. (My husband said that though our son really is a very happy little guy he thinks the nickname 'Happy' sounds like a dogs name and reminds him of 'Happy' (the dog) from '7th Heaven'.) Sure this may be true, but it still felt like the best fit when we were thinking of a name to describe the character that God placed in him. Same with our daughter....to us she really is a jewel, an image of a precious and beautiful stone constantly being adorned and decorated into a brilliant piece of fine jewelry that only our King could craft together; priceless and made in His image.
I've gone back to some past posts to remove their real names and replace it with their new nicknames. However if you do notice that I may have missed a few spots here or there, please will you let me know, through the 'Contact Us' tab? I would really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much!
I think it is a great idea. How did you go back and remove them? Let me know...I would love to find out. Cute names too.
ReplyDeleteGood idea!
ReplyDeleteWe too weighed this - and decided to keep them as is after praying on it!
Hugs and blessings,
Jill
Good idea, Sarah. Unfortunately, you can never be too safe nowadays.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting idea Sarah that I had never really thought about before. I think I need to keep this idea before me and ask God to lead me in this area as well.
ReplyDeleteChristy
Good idea!
ReplyDeleteOne day, with His guidance, maybe we won't have to do things like this.
One day...
Sarah- Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a happy little comment! I'm always happy to meet new folks. Especially a good Samaritan like yourself that will stop to rescue a perfectly good turtle. Please feel free to stop by anytime!
ReplyDeleteThanks for creating Billy's button! It saves me some time... 'Cause now when I tell everybody I know that they need to go read his blog, I can say, "Just go to my page and there's a button." :-)
So, the "followers" thing... Well, here's the thing: I'm about as blog-saavy as a used bottle cap. I have a webmaster (a friend who is a computer genius who pities me) who does all of my blog maintenance. All I have to do is post the actual blog. I have fully intended to do the "followers" thing at some point. I guess I didn't realize that I had "followers" yet. :-) I'll see what I can do about that...
Again, nice to meet you! Stop in anytime!
great idea.
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah. I found you on Mimi's blog. This is something I've contemplated doing and I've decided to go forward with it. I've only been blogging for 6 months so this is still a manageable thing to do. Thanks for this nudge in the right direction.
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