The Healing Waters of Baptism

I cannot believe it has taken me an entire week to write about this, but Blake was baptized last Sunday at our church.

Back in the spring, we were on our way to the visitation for a dear man at our church who had passed away. We had been praying for him as he battled cancer for over a year. The boys were full of questions at dinner that night. Noah asked if that man was in heaven with Jesus and I said I thought he was. We talked about what a good man he had been and how he had served Jesus and others.

Blake looked up at me and said, "I know I am going to heaven when I die, too."

I said, "How do you know that?"

He replied, "Because I believe in Jesus. I know he is God's son and that he died for me on the cross."

We proceeded to talk about what that meant and what it means to ask Jesus to be your Savior. He assured me that he believed and that he wanted to be baptized.

Greg and I decided to wait and see if he really understood and if he pursued us about being baptized. Over the next few months, he continued to ask periodically about being baptized and what it meant to be saved.

I knew our church was getting ready to have a baptism service this past Sunday and we were talking about getting baptized. Carter was here with us and he piped up that he was getting baptized on Sunday. Blake turned to me and had this awful look on his face and said, "Mommy, why won't you let ME get baptized?". I said we'd talk to Daddy about it that night.

I did and we signed Blake up at church. Blake told me he wanted one of us to baptize him. At our church, they allow parents and other special people to baptize. I was able to speak about Blake and his decision and then baptize him this past Sunday. It was a very humbling experience. I am very proud of him!

We talked for a long time later about how we have to choose every day to follow Jesus. It is not just one day and "poof" every thing is perfect. Giving your life and surrendering your will to Christ is a journey that we are on for the remainder of our lives here on Earth.

It is my prayer that God will continue to work in him and through him. I pray that he will be obedient to God's commandments and that he will have a passion for knowing and living out God's word.