Jessa Duggar-Sewald, her husband Ben and their new baby cover this week’s issue of People Magazine. The cover story included exclusive photos and a lengthy interview about the birth drama, which involved a home birth and Jessa being rushed to the hospital after she lost a lot of blood delivering her baby boy. The People cover story does NOT include the baby’s name though. No, Jessa and Ben still hadn’t named their baby after five or six days, and then once the People cover was safely out, they announced the name on their social media. They named their baby boy…
Spurgeon Elliot Seewald
SPURGEON. Would it have been better if they just named the kid Sturgeon? Sure. Spurgeon looks and sounds like a mistake. But it’s not. According to Jessa and Ben, they named the baby after Charles Spurgeon, “a British preacher who lived from 1834-1892. During his lifetime, the Baptist thinker was considered the best-known preacher in England, frequently speaking in front of audiences of more than 10,000 people. He founded a theological college in London, which is today named Spurgeon’s College.” The “Elliot” is for Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, missionaries famous for their work in South America.
If you read the People Mag article about this, it sounds like Ben chose Spurgeon, which… I mean, Ben should not be allowed to name babies after this. Jessa said that she favored names “of heroes from the Christian faith.” In which case, why not go with “Jesus”? No, seriously? Jesus Seewald would be better than Spurgeon Seewald.
Oh, and People Magazine also asked Jessa about all of the attention her family got following Josh Duggar’s implosion. Jessa told the mag: “Sometimes, it is uncomfortable, the things you see, the things you read, especially when things are reported in an inaccurate way – it’s not always nice… I don’t Google my name. There’s no reason for that, or to look to other people for that validation. We know who we are and find joy and satisfaction in God.” Do you believe that? I’ll believe she doesn’t Google herself, but I totally believe she’s online, actively reading her social media comments and trying to figure out ways to get more attention. Like, by naming a child Spurgeon.
Photos courtesy of Instagram, People cover.
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