Water Your Worth

Every church my son and I visit lately he is captivated by the altars, he knew where the communion table was before me and pulled me to it for us to talk about and do, he is naturally drawn to Jesus and the cross without my encouragement and recently he saw a few baptism baths wanting to know more about what they are and why.

Recently God gave us the the opportunity to see a young lady demonstrate her faith and life changing dedication with her baptism so that my son was able to witness its use. “Why did you clap for her?”, he asks me afterwards, which I was surprised he didn’t ask me why tears were flowing from my eyes instead but I as I think about it, he never seems to ask me about my tears when they are Holy Spirit inspired. So we are given the chance to talk about baptism more and why it is to be celebrated. This brought me a lot of joy to share this with my child while also recalling my adult baptism.

“I want a better life for my family.”, I answered with tears pouring out of my eyes as I held my womb with my right hand connecting my growing child inside me as we were in the baptism bath being asked, “Why are you going through you baptism today?”. While the ego in me didn’t think I needed to do this, my spirit and the Holy Spirit pushed me to sign up for Easter baptism while pregnant. You see, there comes a point in our lives where we have to return to being child like in knowing that we cannot do anything without our Father and the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. At that moment of entering into the bath with the pastors His presence overwhelmed me as those words spilled out of my mouth without any rehearsal. It is a common theme that I share when given the chance to, “There is no way I am doing all that we do on my own.”, and it is so true.

This woman shared what her baptism meant to her as she vulnerably recounted times that she partied to fill a void in her that she now knew was not able to be filled unless she brought in the one that it belonged to, she continued to share about how she was not only stepping away from the darkness but was stepping in to who God made her to be… There is no way to be loved or to move through this world fully without Him. I know deeply what all this means and I feel that is why every time I see a baptism it brings me to such overwhelm of feelings and celebration for the ones being baptised and with all of Heaven.

Do you have a baptism story or want to know more about why it is such a beautiful act to celebrate? I would love to hear from you and maybe we could share a testimony together. You are worth living the life that He created you for.