Hm.... Guess Its a Good Thing We Opted Out Of Calling Him Mephibosheth Habakkuk

We have been studying Courage as our character trait in our Konos studies. Our Bible study that we are doing is on the life of Paul. While studying Paul we are learning about several of the people who crossed his path. One of them being Barnabas. In children's church we have been learning about the patriarchs, learning how names have significant meanings. So I thought that it would be interesting to tell the boys about what the name Barnabas means. (Son of Encouragement)

I was doing something one night and Samuel was saying, "Great job, Mom." He kept saying it over and over. I told him that he was such an encourager that maybe we should have named him Barnabas. He said, "I like Samuel better. Besides, If my name was Barnabas, I wouldn't even know how to spell my own name!"