Luke 3:21
"When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened."
We might just do the first part, but older children could really have a lot of questions about heaven being opened and what that means, so all of it is great as well. Tracen has already been asking tons of questions about Jesus coming back for us, where he is right now, etc. Makenna has prayed to ask Jesus into her heart awhile, like years, ago. She is really stuck on this baptism thing. She understands all about it...it is all about obeying God, it does not make you saved, it is just a picture to show that you are ready to walk with Jesus your whole life...but the part about doing it in front of anyone at all really gets her. She refuses to play any sport because people watch, to dance because there is a recital, to sing because there might be a program, or to even read for anyone if they are listening. She had a wonderful idea last summer to be baptized in the ocean by her Bubba while we were on vacation. At first I thought it was a great plan, but as I prayed and thought about it, it wasn't right. It would not be a true act of obedience for her if her one hang up is being in front of people. It was her (albeit very clever) way of getting out of it. Once I probed deeper and found this to be true, I was convinced that the Holy Spirit was really working on her little heart, and that she was going to have to do this to truly give all of herself to Jesus. We have been having discussions over the past year. I just thought this verse would be a great way to further talk about how the people were obeying God and even His son, Jesus, did, too. Have fun! Next week will be review for the four we have done so far.
Also.............................
Please pray for Beth! She was supposed to have a c-section on Thursday, but her water broke and now she is having #4 baby Grant today at 5pm!!
4 comments:
Wow what great pictures of that momma of four. Man I miss you guys. I might just go cry!
our eldest children as so similar! Hang in there momma. And#4!!! I cannot even imagine. I hope the labor goes smooth:-).
I delayed getting baptised for years too for the very same reason... so keep praying (of course), it'll eventually just get to be too big a burden to ignore if Makenna is anything like me! I think I put it off till I was in like 7th grade too...after years of conversations about it with my dad, the Holy Spirit just finally pressed hard enough that I had to be brave and get up there to be obedient.
I miss you guys! Love you! (This is Sarah, by the way)
Mel. I just wanted to thank you in your faithfulness to the Word...I think I posted before about doing that when we had kids. Justin and I were talking about it and decided it needs to be how to do life now. So, we started the process this week. Thanks for the idea and for sharing.
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