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crystal lee williams
Crystal Williams is a writer, speaker, and mentor focused on delivering honest stories to encourage others in their walks of faith.
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Crystal Williams is a writer, speaker, and mentor focused on delivering honest stories to encourage others in their walks of faith.
![We honestly don't remember who suggested it first.
But I do remember loving it instantly. Since we didn't know the gender of our baby, Calvin and I decided that he would pick a boy name and I a girl name.
Originally, Calvin was set on a different boy name and no middle name. That's right. NO middle name. (That's another story for another day.) But like I mentioned, at some point during the third trimester, one of us saw, read, or heard the name Josiah and suggested it and we both loved it. Soon after, Calvin read King Josiah's story to us out loud and it was decided. Josiah would be our son's name.
In chapter 22 of 2 Kings of the Bible, Josiah is introduced as the youngest king of Judah to take the throne. He was just 8 years old when his father was assassinated and he was appointed king. His father (as had many others before him) had fallen into idolatry, turning away from worshipping God. During his reign, The Book of The Law was found in the temple after many years of it being forgotten. When The Book of The Law (scholars believe it to be Deuteronomy) was read out loud to King Josiah, he immediately tore his robes and humbled himself before the Lord, repenting from the many years of disobedience and idolatry his people had walked in.
Before ordering for all idols to be removed from the temple of the Lord and burned, King Josiah gathered all the people of Judah and did this:
"He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the Lord. The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant." King Josiah was young. He was brave. He was humble yet determined. He was courageous.
We pray the same for our son. We pray with every adversity and injustice, he be brave. We pray he be bold and courageous. We pray that he hear the words of the Lord and commit to His ways and that he would influence others to do the same. [CONT. IN COMMENTS 👇🏼]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ebea002e69cf979ae1d986/1563425842535-DKU7ZNVOG69GWFZ5XG32/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kEpVg-ILAPna1wRh-xAJ9fRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpwEv36x-EUL2-BSQ5feDhwGCbXuJBFqZ-erYzVouT8yOb9TwqchglLQOCYTRn7ZGxI/image-asset.jpeg)
