Today makes one year.
One year following the conclusion of my preliminary studies of the Bible. You know — the ones that made me realize I had a lot more studying to do.
12 months since I wrote my letter to God – telling Him why I wanted to be baptized.
365 days since I publicly declared, “Jesus is Lord.”
Today is Brad’s and my Spiritual Birthday – or Birthday of our Baptism…
When I started thinking about this series, one of the freedoms that stood out to me first was the Freedom from Sin and Death. (If you missed yesterday’s post on Freedom from Burden, be sure to check it out, here…) Prior to becoming a Disciple, I had a general idea of what that meant. But, after studying more and digging deeper into the Bible, I realized I knew very little. And, I definitely was not thanking God enough for the amazing gift He gave to us…
Beginning in Sunday School, we are taught about Heaven, and the wonderful place it is. We are taught that Jesus came to earth, lived a perfect life, was crucified, and died for our sins. Then, he rose from the dead and now is with his Father, God, in Heaven. And, if we believe in Him, we can go there, too.
If you asked a random person on the street, I’d bet you’d get a similar recant of the information, without a lot of differences.
But, just because we know what happened doesn’t mean we know what it really means to us.
This past weekend, my mother-in-law gave me a couple African Violet slips to plant. (For the record – I am so much not a plant person, I just had to look up what they were called…) Now, it’s not that I don’t like to be surrounded by plants and beautiful flowers. I do – they make me very happy! Unfortunately, neither of my thumbs are very green. Hence, two slips for a better chance of having some blooming violets later this summer…
