This has been a crazy week!!! For those of you don't know, I asked you to pray for Dallas because, he had told us that he wanted to be baptized. We wanted to make sure that he was ready.... Then I started asking myself questions.........
Like..................
I don't know that we should really tell someone that they are not ready.... Jesus didn't. They asked him what they should do to be saved, he told them. Then there were the disciples. They would preach and teach, they would explain what should be done, then they would do the necessary steps and be baptized and most of the time that persons whole house would follow. So, shouldn't we be doing more teaching.... Should we really have people answer 150 questions and write an essay before We are sure they are ready? lol.... Seriously, I think we need to trust in God more.... we need to remember conviction comes from Him and He decides who is ready...
I wanted Dallas to realize this was a lifetime committment! I am really glad he decided it was time and that he realizes that he needs Christ and he knows that with sin he cannot have Christ with him.
I hope that in the future that I remember what I have learned from my son and I do not try to decide who is ready and who is not! Thank you God for sending my son to teach me this lesson!(I'm sure there will be many more to come :))
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Dallas was a good reminder to me of how important our decision was to follow Christ. I was so happy for him today!! And now, we share a birthday!!! :))
I am proud of Dallas, too! I wish I could have been there to see it!!! :)
And you are right - our kid's teach us lessons every day! :)
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