Samantha's Prophecy

So today was baby dedications at High Point and it was such an amazing time. Having already done this in Tallahassee, initially we didn't see the need to do it again. But as we were praying and seeking God for Samantha we really felt like God wanted us to do it again and that he had some very specific words he wanted to speak over her. The dedication was really neat. The pastors went through each child one by one anointing them with oil and praying a prayer over them and they followed that up with a prophetic word that God had been speaking to them since they started praying for them a week or two before today. Each baby had such a strong and encouraging word. Here is what they felt like God was saying about Samantha Grace:

He first said that when he was praying for her he got a picture of Samantha spinning about in a flowing long skirt and a flower in her hair...like a hippy but sanctified. She has all of Casey and I's best qualities, yet her personality will be like nothing we have ever seen. She is going to be a whimsical yet very intense and competitive child. She will be the type of child who challenges her Dad to a staring contest and will not give up until she wins. Although that would make it seem like she would be a difficult baby, she won't be. She will be an easy baby in regards to her obedience and love for the lord. She is joyful and will thrive in freedom. We are to give her boundaries as parents, but within those boundaries we are to give her much freedom. We will sometimes wonder if she is trying to be disobedient but in fact it is her just being her whimsical self. Where we will have some difficulty in training is that she will not be the type to just sit down and read her bible, she needs to be able to have fun and find joy in what she is doing in order to see the benefit and learn. Learning about Jesus will have to be fun for her. So in that respect, if we are too administrative in our parenting style, that will not really work with how God has made her. Sometimes we will wonder if she is getting it, but she is. And we will know by her intensity and joy in Christ.

In addition to Pastor Keith's word, the worship leader also got a strong sense that Samantha just as she strongly resembles me, she will look to me, to be the example of how she is to be. She and I will have a very special relationship and I will be who she models her life after essentially. It was an encouragement, but also a word of warning because she is watching everything I do and will believe and value what I do. He also encouraged me that she will be passionate about Christ just as I am and that she will serve the Lord at a young age.

So praise God, we are very encouraged by her word and can already see much of what they are saying in her. I feel like a lot of this lines up with a previous word we got before she was born and agrees with much of what I have heard from God when I have been praying for her. I feel like worship and dance will be the main venue in which Samantha really connects with Jesus. After hearing this word I also feel like we will be singing scripture to her and making up our own worship songs, in order to keep her engaged and in his word:) I look forward to watching her walk with God unfold, and seeing her become all that god has called her to be!

Now a video of our whimsical daughter on the swings!