Water Baptism

We drove up to Colorado Springs to watch my sister Brooke and Step Dad Eric get baptized.  Before the baptism the pastor said that if you didn't sign up but felt led to you could go up and be baptized.  I was "sprinkled" a long time ago in the Catholic Church but never had a water baptism.  It was something that I wanted to do for years but the timing just never felt right.  I wanted to make sure that I had a right understanding of what it meant and I didn't want it to be legalistic.  When the pastor said that I felt like this was my time.  And how special it was for me to be baptized with my little sister! 

Kayla Girl hanging out with Brooke during Church service.

As Brooke made her way into the tub I was flooded with memories from when she was younger.  I was so proud that the little girl I remember her to be was standing before fellow believers confessing her devotion to the Christ. I felt honored to not only witness this moment in her life but to also share in it with her. 

 

A few weeks after the baptism I was thinking how awesome it is that God knows everything!  He knew all about this day long before I did.  All the times I thought about getting baptized he knew just how it would all work out and how special it was going to be.  What an awesome God!