It Was Time
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"Mom? How do you know when you're ready to be baptized?" The question was whispered to me during church one week. The question I had been waiting for, half expecting based on the growth I'd seen in my daughter over the past couple of years.
"Why? Do you think you want to be baptized?" I whispered back.
And thus began the most wonderful series of conversations with Maggie who, tonight, was baptized in our church.
When people are baptized in our church, their "testimony" is printed in the worship folder--that's just a fancy way of saying how their lives have changed once they got to know Jesus.
Maggie said it would be O.K. if I shared her testimony with you.
I am one blessed mom, my friends. Truly blessed.
"Why? Do you think you want to be baptized?" I whispered back.
And thus began the most wonderful series of conversations with Maggie who, tonight, was baptized in our church.
When people are baptized in our church, their "testimony" is printed in the worship folder--that's just a fancy way of saying how their lives have changed once they got to know Jesus.
Maggie said it would be O.K. if I shared her testimony with you.
"My name is Maggie, and I just finished fifth grade at Hawthorne School and will be entering sixth grade at Franklin this fall.
I have been learning about Christ my whole life, but when I was four years old I went to a Backyard Bible Club which sparked my interest to let Jesus into my heart. That night, my mom and I prayed and I asked Jesus to be my Savior.
I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and loves and cares about me so much that He died for me and my sins so I can have eternal life with him forever.
The reason I'm being baptized is to show people how God has worked in my life and to start a new life for him, and make that commitment to live for him forever.
A verse that has meant a lot to me is John 14:6. I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
I am one blessed mom, my friends. Truly blessed.
