You mean, baptized?
"Yeah, babatized. When I am going to be able to get in the water? Do I need to take extra clothes today?"
Two of my nieces were getting baptized after church one Sunday. It had been the talk of our house for a few days, and Gage was very excited.
No, I don't think you need to take your clothes today. You have to be sorry for your sins and ask Jesus to forgive you before you can be baptized. Do you feel bad about your sins and need to talk to Jesus about them?
"No, Jesus hasn't even started on me yet."
I hid a smile.
You do know that one day you will need to tell Jesus you are sorry for your sins so you can be forgiven and go to heaven.
"Oh, yes. I hear it every time Bro. Emmitt preaches. I've not done that yet."
Well, when you do, you can be baptized.
"Ok. I'll get babatized when I pray and ask Jesus to take away my sins. I hope it's not too long."
To some people I have met, religion is an idea that is good for others - just not themselves.
To some people I have met, religion is a once a week visit to a building with a steeple and stained glass windows.
To some people I have met, religion is a chore, a drudgery, an obligation.
To some people I have met, religion is a hardness that doesn't leave room for any mistakes or growth.
To me, religion is a way of life; has been since I was nine.
If you talk to me on Monday (or any other day of the week), my goal is to be the same person you talk to on a church day.
I am far, far from perfect. However, I want to live my life as a Sunday. I want to be consistent, steadfast, unmovable in my faith - which is the cornerstone of my life, the anchor of my existence.
My reason for such diligence is that I want to see our son, our very reason for living on this earth, accept Christ as his Savior. I want him to have the same peace and assurance that his daddy and I have found. I will not stop praying and teaching my little man until I know he has met the Redeemer.
I will be on that creek bank when he is "babatized". I will shout 'Hallelujah' and I will sing 'I Have Decided to Follow Jesus'. I will cry and be happy just like I did when his Daddy visited the creek. I will be thankful. I am holding on to my promise that as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
L-R Bro. Nathan, Jason, Bro. Emmitt - Clarkson, KY
My sweet Jason when he was baptized. So thankful I was allowed to be in his life when this happened!
There is nothing better than a husband who can walk this road with me and be a Godly daddy to our son.
Joshua 24:15
...choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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