Last night was the baptism of one of the guys from CU. He has had such an incredible year and you can really see how God has helped him and worked in his life. So when a few weeks ago he sent an email invite out to everyone inviting them to his baptism it didn’t really come as any real surprise. It really is such great testament to what God has been doing in his life.
I have been to several baptism services this year, but last nights really struck just how much I like them. They really are fantastic services. Everyone in the congregation is just so happy and pleased that the whole service kind of feels like a big party. Everyone is just so thankful and wants to praise God it just makes me smile. I think that a baptism service must be one of the best services to bring a non-Christian too. I mean if they go and see everyone in that kind of atmosphere and feeling so happy, how can they not wonder and want to know more about this thing that is making so many people happy.
On a more personal note these services really make me think. I’m not entirely sure I know what it makes me think. It could be that it just makes me realise how lucky I am. That I know this God who made such a huge sacrifice for me, but not just for me, for all my family and all my friends as well, and even better that I am willing to let him work in me. It’s like the service just acts like a massive inspiration to me, that I want my God to work in me, well to continue to work in me, but that I also want him to work in my friends. Those ones that don’t yet know Jesus but also those ones that are already in a relationship with him. Its just such an amazing gift that it frustrates me that people will only accept half of the story, the bits that suit them, but that another story.
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