Baptism

I'm getting baptized on Sunday. I'm really excited.
I've been wanting to be baptized for about a year, and so I'm happy to finally have the opportunity to do it.

About a year ago, I dedicated my life to Christ. After a season of many questions and doubts about God, I was finally able to surrender and give everything to Him, and to live my life for Him. In the last year, He has revealed Himself to me through His love, and He has shown me just how in control He is of all things. By becoming a daughter of Christ, I have been completely transformed and He is continuing to teach me new things every day. He has placed people in my life at school, and they have become such an important part of my life – people that are a family because of the common bond that we have in Christ. I have people in my life who love me, and who challenge me on a daily basis – pointing me to God’s Word, and to ultimate truth, because they love me, and they love Jesus. I am encouraged to live my life in a Christ-like way because of their example.

I know that God is at work in my life because of the way that my heart is completely changed from how it used to be. Prior to following Christ, I was really selfish. I lived only for myself, and I lived to achieve my own goals and run my own life. I have a heart for people now. I want to live the rest of my life for Christ, so that I can share His unconditional love with those who haven’t experienced His love, so that they can see that there is a hope far greater than anything they’ve experienced. A hope that is worth living for each day, that gives a purpose to each and every life in this world. I want to live in a way so that everyone can see His love.

The reason I want to be baptized, is because I want publicly proclaim this commitment I have made to Christ. Now that I have made the decision to follow Him, and I have been called His child, I want to show the world that I am His, and I am committed to Him and His good, pleasing and perfect plan. He has done so much in my life in just a year’s time, and I am so excited for what He has in store for the future. I can see that everything God has done has been in His perfect timing. Just like it says in Ecclesiastes 3:11… He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that He loves me so much, and He loves each and every one in this world. Jesus is my strength and my refuge, and without him I am nothing.