Finally blogging... and making a name for ourselves

So... we've finally given in to the pressure and started a Meyer family blog. With a vacation just completed and a baby on the way we have to have a way of at least posting pictures.

The first challenge was coming up with a name. "From Meyery Depths" won out over "Admeyering Each Other" (I stole that from my dad, whose name is Ed - while he and my mom were dating he signed a letter to her "your EdMeyerer"). A little more difficult was choosing the requisite theme verse - there are just so many good possibilities. Ultimately we chose Psalm 69:14:

"Rescue me from the Meyer, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters."

There was some tough competition from a few others, though. For
example:

"Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into Meyery pits, no more to rise!" Psalm 140:10

"Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the Meyer of the streets." Isaiah 10:6

And while we realize that paragraph headings from modern translations aren't inspired, we couldn't help considering Song of Solomon 4:1:

"[Solomon Admeyers His Bride’s Beauty] Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead."

Most of the biblical Meyers are in the Old Testament, and even though we believe in covenant theology and thus affirm that the Gospel is found in all of Scripture, it's still nice to be able to claim a New Testament reference:

"What the true proverb says has happened to them: 'The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the Meyer.'" 2 Peter 2:22

But our favorite, that we didn't quite feel comfortable using, is:

"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the Meyer." Job 41:30

So there it is. Enjoy.