Lazarus

The baby boy has a first name! We've decided on the name Lazarus. Lazarus means God is my help. The Bible has two different Lazarus stories in it. One is the story of a man with leprosy named Lazarus and a rich man. The other is the more well-known story, and the one which influenced our son's name. Lazarus is the brother of Mary and Martha and a very good friend of Jesus. Lazarus died, and Jesus brought him back to life. We've recently heard two church messages on this story of Lazarus, too--Westside's 8/29/10 message on love like you're dying, and the 9/12/10 Fellowship message on the raising of Lazarus. Joshua mentioned the name Lazarus before we had found out that Evalana was a girl. As we went through name ideas for this little boy, Lazarus was the only one we've liked. Although our Lazarus doesn't have any stories of coming back from the dead that we know of yet, I think it's an amazing miracle each time God creates a life. And, I'm so thankful for the eternal life we receive in a relationship with Christ. We're so excited to now be able to call our baby boy by name.
As far as the middle name, we've spent lots of time looking through name books and websites, but we haven't figured it out yet. We're open to any suggestions.