Oh Happy Day!

Last Sunday was a special…glorious day.

I got baptized.

Let me explain…

I was baptized as a baby, which I believe was a powerful expression of my parent’s earnest desire to raise me in a believing home. I came to know Jesus Christ personally in middle school. The years since have been filled with various trial & joys as God has grown and continues to refine my faith…especially the past 18 months!  I believe that choosing to be baptized was an outer expression of the inward transformation that happened in my heart several years ago.

Our church doesn’t have a baptismal, instead, a member of our church, opens up her home, which is on a beautiful lake, as a place for the baptismal service/celebration to take place.

Each person being baptized gets a chance to share their testimony before being baptized…listening to each was such a tangible reminder of how creative God is in drawing people to Himself .

Families and friends are invited to celebrate…which was a powerful reminder of the community of believers we are surrounded by! And at the end, everyone sang The Doxology…it was beautiful!

The entire experience was so humbling and such a gift. As I was submerged into the water, I almost felt like time was standing still…similar to how I felt as I walked down the aisle to meet C on our wedding day.

C had been dialoging with B about baptism the week leading up to the celebration…it was was a gift to see in (while I was in the lake) B perched up on a rock, eyes wide open as he watched what C and he had talked about transpire before his very eyes. It is our earnest prayer that we find ourselves cheering B and A on someday (maybe alongside the same shoreline) as they publically affirm their own relationships with Jesus Christ.

Countless people have and continue to play a role in my walk with the Lord…a few were able to join in the celebration…it was such an honor to celebrate with them.

We sang this song at church on Sunday before the service…it felt quite appropriate and brought such joy to my heart and tap to my toes as I got to sing ‘Oh, happy day, happy day You washed my sin away. Oh, happy day, happy day I’ll never be the same, forever I am changed’…it truly was a glorious day, one I will never forget!

May your hearts be blessed!