Ezekiel Temias Kirchner

For those who don’t know Ezekiel was named after the prophet in the Bible – the name means, “the Lord will strengthen”. His middle name, Temias, was made up by Kevin. Kevin recently found in scripture a similar name. Mark 10:46 refers to a man named “Timeaus”. Kevin found that the name means, “honor”. We truly believe that the Lord has already and will continue to fulfill the meaning of Ezekiel Temias’ name everyday.

So here’s the first set of pics! Enjoy!

Yawny Yawn

First bath at Home!

Froggy!

Little Dino

First Stroller Ride

Off to the Park!

Fuzzy!

A Son Yet to Come

Photo Captured by: Lindsay Dunning

As most of you know Kevin and I are expecting our first child any day now. As the anticipation gets stronger and stronger everyday, Kevin and I are overwhelmed with this gift that God has chosen to bless us with. 

Our church is reading the Bible in 90 days and it has been changing my life. I grew up in a Christian home so the Bible was something that was a part of our everyday lives. Yet, I have never read the Bible from beginning to end. I am now in the New Testament just finishing up the record of the ministry of Jesus Christ. As I was reading through the accounts of Christ's ministry my heart was continually reminded of our son who is yet to come into our lives. Just as the Israelites longed and anticipated the arrival of a Messiah (Jesus Christ) so Kevin and I are longing for our son's arrival. 

But it goes even further that this... 

Have you ever realized how amazing the gift of life is!? 

It has not been until I've been pregnant and experiencing pregnancy alongside the reading of the Gospels that I have truly understood God's gift of life to us. God came to earth in the flesh so that He could be with people physically. 

He desired to be intimate with people, 

not just a God who demands but a God who teaches with grace and mercy.

As I realize how much God loved us and was willing to give people the opportunity to be completely cleansed of sin, and live a new life in Christ, I think of how much I want to give back to God. We can never repay God for sending Christ into the world to give us new life but the most amazing thing is that God doesn't even expect us to repay Him with anything more than love.

Even though I know this, I still want to give Him my all... I still desire to sacrifice my life as a spiritual offering for His Glory.

And here's what blows my mind... 

This child within me, this child that God has gifted me with, this child that God is entrusting Kevin and I with, this child... 

I desire to give back to God 100%. 

I am so looking forward to the moment when our son enters the world so that Kevin and I may offer our son as a "living sacrifice" to God. What an honor, what a gift undeserved... all we can do is Praise God and give Him all the Glory for everything He has accomplished in our lives and what He is going to accomplish through our son's life.

Do we realize that this love I feel for my son is the same love that God felt towards Christ? Do we realize that this is the same love that God has for each and every one of His creations? 

Do you realize this is how much He loves you?

 

Thank you Father for your Spirit that has made your Word alive in my life!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today you might have noticed people wearing lots of Green. You may have noticed that the grocery stores are stocked up on Cornbeef and Cabbage. You may even notice that people have been indulging in the drinking of beer more than usual. When we observe these things we remember... "oh yeah... it's St. Patrick's Day!" Whether you are Irish or not most people get pretty excited about the idea of wearing green and "finding gold at the end of the rainbow". You think of Lucky Charms, celtic music, and leprechauns! All seems a bit crazy yet it is always a good time (at least to me).

I wonder... what would St. Patrick think of all this? Yes, St. Patrick's day is named after an actual person who had quite the influence on the people of Ireland at one point. Instead of me writing details, I suggest you check out this short biography about St. Patrick and learn a little bit about the man this day is named after. He isn't called "Saint" for nothing. Check out the link below:
http://www.biography.com/st-patrick/st-patrick.jsp

Now for some fun! I thought about rainbows and thought about this video. I'm sure some of you have seen it. This guy was not on drugs or drunk, just really emotional and pumped about this rainbow. I love that someone can become that amazed at God's creation that he starts to question..."what does this mean!?!?" It is also hilarious....Enjoy:

How He Loves us

As Valentine's Day approaches my friend reminded me of something that not only rings true in my life but also in Kevin's. As much as Kevin and I love each other, our love can not and will never compare to the love of our God, Adoni. Below are the lyrics and video to one of our favorite songs. It is by John Mark McMillan and it perfectly describes what Kevin and I feel daily through the ups an downs of life here on earth. There are always tears shed at some point throughout the song because we are so thankful for God's love for us and we desire with every part of our being for others to know His perfect love and grace! 

 

He is jealous for me
Loves like a hurricane
I am a tree
Bending beneath
The weight of his wind and mercy
When all of a sudden
I am unaware of these
Afflictions eclipsed by glory
And I realize how beautiful you are
And how great your afflictions for me

We are his portion
And he is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in his eyes
If grace is an ocean we're all sinking
So heaven meats earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart burns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way
He loves us

I thought about you
The day Stephen died
And you met me between my breaking
I know that I still love you God
Despite the agony
See people they want to tell me your cruel
But if Stephen could sing
He'd say its not true
Cause your good

The Nursery

Kevin finished this awesome painting in the nursery. I love it so much! 

I wish I could get better pictures but it's hard to get the right perspective. You'll just have to come see it for yourself! We put the paper lantern up and will soon have the bedding my mom's making for the crib. It's slowly coming together but we are getting so excited! Here is another picture:

Thank you Noni & Gramp for the Glider!