our church family celebrated two baptisms. As we walked down the steps we were greeted by the very first lily blossom of the season. Oh how God so clothes these lilies!
This one seemed to shout, "Glorious!!"
This one seemed to shout, "Glorious!!"
The rain passed and we gathered on the brick deck around the pool...
from the youngest among us...
to the oldest...
Erin shared her faith journey with us and then stepped into the water...
Coty always speaks these words..."buried with Christ..."
"raised with Him to newness of life."
Fong, a new believer from China, shared his story, too, and was baptised...
We sang,,,
and shared our joy...
and then because we are a church family that plays together, too, and because we have young men who like to horse around the pool, some others not being baptised went in the pool! Many lingered to swim and visit.
It seemed fitting that Erin should take that glorious lily home to celebrate the day!
6 comments:
What a beautiful day! Brought tears to these eyes. How lovely when one is washed in the water.
What a beautiful, worshipful, day! Thanks for sharing Beth....and oh my goodness....the Todd's have another baby and a BOY it looks like!! How exciting is that!
Thanks for sharing that, Beth. I'm sorry I missed it.
Martha
Love the picture of the baby, and the little girl. Faces to silently grace my day.
Oh, those smiles!
Oh, the JOY!!!
How I appreciate you, Beth!
All's grace,
Ann
And I remember you telling the story of Jonathan being so excited that you were buying a house with a pool. Even if you had planned or imagined to use it for baptisms how could you have known all the joy that the Lord had in store?!
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