Count your blessings; name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings; name them one by one,
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Wanted to blog about the first Blessing of God on me , here I do it...Finally!!!
When I was born, God blessed me by saving me, my mom always recollects that day and says that I am a Blessing. The umbilical chord connected to me was not properly tied after I was born, and since I was covered warmly and was not noticed by any one. I was crying and everyone were thinking it was just a baby cry after birth..
But only after a while when my athama(my dad’s sister) took me in her hands, she felt something wet and when checked found blood all over, then the chord was retied properly. That’s when God started bestowing his blessings on me, by giving me this life to live.
Thank You Lord for your blessing, LIFE !
My parents named me Dorcas, It means A Gazelle (A Gentle deer). We all have a name, and we all love our own names, it means something really special for each one of us. My name was chosen from the Bible, from the book of Acts, chapter 9, verse 36, “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor.”
* Both Tabitha (Aramaic) and Dorcas (Greek) mean gazelle.
Story of Dorcas in Bible: Acts 9:36-43
36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. 37About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 38Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come at once!" 39Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. 40Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. 42This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. 43Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
Question ringing in my mind today is, Do I actually live up to my name? Do You?
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings; name them one by one,
Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Wanted to blog about the first Blessing of God on me , here I do it...Finally!!!
When I was born, God blessed me by saving me, my mom always recollects that day and says that I am a Blessing. The umbilical chord connected to me was not properly tied after I was born, and since I was covered warmly and was not noticed by any one. I was crying and everyone were thinking it was just a baby cry after birth..
But only after a while when my athama(my dad’s sister) took me in her hands, she felt something wet and when checked found blood all over, then the chord was retied properly. That’s when God started bestowing his blessings on me, by giving me this life to live.
Thank You Lord for your blessing, LIFE !
My parents named me Dorcas, It means A Gazelle (A Gentle deer). We all have a name, and we all love our own names, it means something really special for each one of us. My name was chosen from the Bible, from the book of Acts, chapter 9, verse 36, “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor.”
* Both Tabitha (Aramaic) and Dorcas (Greek) mean gazelle.
Story of Dorcas in Bible: Acts 9:36-43
36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping the poor. 37About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. 38Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come at once!" 39Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. 40Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. 42This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord. 43Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.
Question ringing in my mind today is, Do I actually live up to my name? Do You?
1 comments:
As the name suggests, Dorcas or Tabitha (Gentle Deer, you born to make people happy around you, you are and always will be.
You always feel good when you see the deer. They look good, cute, warm, kind and they never harm anyone. I believe no one ever said anything wrong about the deers and Dorcas as a person, so are you. you simply relates to Deer.
Truly said, your name always imply the person you are.
Good Blog Dorcas. I need to tell my friend Tabitha about the Deer Story :P
Good luck and hope to see more blogs from you.
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