The Name

Funny thing...someone else whose blog I read was also posting about their name choice today...great minds think alike.

We have been asked several times about Beck's name because it is a little unusual.

No, it's not because we are huge fans of the musical group Beck.

Beck is actually short for Bethel.  Jeff's grandfather on his father's side was named Bethel Eugene.  Jeff got the Eugene and he said we are stopping it right there.  His grandfather always went by Beck and we loved it  the first moment we heard it.  We also found out he was a godly and well-liked man.  Two more bonuses.

William is for my dad, another godly and well-liked man.  It was also my grandfather's name and one of Jeff's great-grandfather's names.

As we were fast approaching the day when we would have a person in our home who depended on us to make decisions concerning his life, we knew we needed something by which to make all decisions.  A desire for our child (and possible future children) that would govern all decisions made.  We came to the conclusion one night that above all else, the most important thing for our children was to know Jesus as their Savior and their Lord and to love God.  Any decision we made would be measured up against this concept.  So we decided that in order to get him started off right, we would name him after men who loved the Lord as their personal Savior and who strived daily to bring glory to God.

Beck with my dad, George William.  a.k.a. Poppy