We Can Certainly Do It

David and I were talking about the baby names last night. The first name popped up in my mind was Caleb for boy. I haven't picked a name for girl yet. David said we can put it on the list. Before we went to bed, I saw David brought in a piece of paper. I asked what it was. He gave me three chances to guess. I guessed:" 1, to do list; 2, Bible verse; 3, printout from website." It turned out to be 2 and 3. A printout of Bible verse: Numbers 13:30 (the verse of the day)"Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, 'We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.'"

David was doing the "background check" for the name "Caleb" - I thought. We both admired Caleb from his limited appearance in Bible. What a faith he had! Out of the twelve spies, ten voiced negative opinions - the opposition and difficulty were too big although it was a nice piece of land. They said to Moses "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan." The difficulties did seem overwhelming. But this courageous young fellow Caleb silenced all the negative voices and proclaimed:"We can certainly do it!" - because God is on our side.

Looking at the land in front of me, I see the fruit and milk and honey (a loving family of three). At the same time I see the difficulties: the knee pains, the fatigue, the sour body, and all the uncertainty and worries. But I was very much encouraged when David said it again and again with a joyful voice "We can certainly do it!" Yes, we'll do it.

David got up and played piano in the living room. I lifted up the corner of my covering and said to the baby:" Hi Baby, Did you hear Dad is playing piano for you?" It was the most beautiful music in the world!