Baptism

    Sunday was the day. The day I stood up in front of my whole church congregation to profess my love for my Savior Jesus Christ. To some it might seem scary or just it of the box which it is. I remember thinking that this means something and I should take time to think about. When I thought back to when I originally was to be baptized. My family had been talking about me and my sister getting baptized at our home in our pool and it would be just a nice get together there after the baptisim. But it was that last Wednesday that really hit me. My one friend was talking about getting dunked but things came up that she didn't feel it was right. This was when my youth pastor went on a conversation about baptism and to not wait. Some people could I looked at it as it was being forced. But it gave me a whole new idea...and I ran with it.

    That night I was just on fire for God and I was singing and praying on my way home. I asked God to open and clear any obstacles for me to get baptized that Sunday on such short notice. Yeah sure I wouldn't have the big house celebration that my family planned but better. I called my grandparents in hopes of them being free in a few days. I explained to them that this was something I needed to do in my faith. And they were in! Here I got my grandparents ready to come and everything was panning out. This journey was an unexpected start of my new leaf.

    So I'll answer some questions that might be stirring up in your mind. I'm sure the number one question is...how could you jump into a huge step of your life just like that? I definitely asked myself that question right off the bat but God shot down those fears. I have always wanted to have that radical faith. I dream of leading a worship team and jumping up and down singing about Jesus. Just to be on fire for Him constantly! To take things by the horns and trust that God has the rest. I had that fire I had always wanted...I told myself that I loved my God and my life is to be lived for his glory so why am I holding back in my baptism? Now this makes me sound like some out going extremist that does anything off the fly. Ask anyone that knows me and they will tell you that I am a reserved person that needs to warm up to everyone I get to know.

    Baptism is no doubt something that needs to be thought over. But it is also something that shouldn't be put to the side. It is a part of your life that you transition from being a follower of Christ but it isn't exactly professed to the world. It is coming out saying "Hey I love Jesus Christ and I am going to follow Him for the rest of my life and I want the world to know."

"For in one Spirit we are all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of one spirit."
                ~1 Corinthians 12:13

    When we are all into to take that dunk...we are committing ourselves to become one with Christ. It doesn't matter who we are or the degree of which we live, we can all be born again and one with Christ. This is no separation meant to happen in a relationship with Christ. Even if a homesless man is a strong believer in Christ and wants to be baptized he can be because once he asked to be one with Christ he always will be.

    Baptism is such a wonderful thing to be a part of and I am glad I made that transition. I felt renewed and freshed. Of course I still appeared the same bit my heart will never be the same and my love will Christ will only continue to grow. If you or someone you know is contemplating baptism tell them to seriously think about it and you think about it as well. It takes everyone a different amount of time but God will poi t it out when he see's it as fit.

Word of the Day: " Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned."
              ~John 15:5-6