This time of year has always made me sentimental and it's not just because the sights, the sounds, and the smells of the season tend to bring a sense of nostalgia with them. Somehow these first two weeks of December mark some of the most significant beginnings of my life.
Recently I was reminded that it was on Sunday, December 11, 1995 that I made my public profession of faith by being baptized as a 19 year old college sophomore at my first church home.
It was the beginning of December, 2002 that my husband and I started dating. 14 years later I still smile when I think of the significant dates this month that mark the beginning of our story. I see our early days played out as I decorate our tree.
Just last week I was volunteering at the Compassion Experience, which was being held across the street from my last apartment. I knew my husband was interested in me when he left his parents' home early on Thanksgiving weekend to help me move in to that apartment. Less than 2 weeks later he picked me up for our first date at that apartment. One year later he helped me move out of that apartment, but by then I was wearing a ring on my left hand and he was helping me move in with my parents for the last 3 months before our wedding.
It was the first week of December, 2005 that 2 lines on a home pregnancy test told my husband and I that we were going to be parents. 9 months later our firstborn arrived in dramatic fashion.
Today, on Saturday, December 10, 2016 our son, the one whose arrival we found out about 11 years ago this month, and whose delivery still has us praising God for the way things turned out that day, will make his own public profession of faith and be baptized. He will be baptized by my husband and I, on the same stage we got married on nearly 13 years ago. As my husband and I baptize our son tonight, friends and family will celebrate, including my husband's former youth pastor, who baptized my husband 35+ years ago, who was one of the pastors who performed our wedding, and who is now the Senior Pastor at our church.
As we prepare our hearts and minds for Christmas, and the celebration of Jesus' birth, I'm incredibly thankful for all the new beginnings December brings in my life.
Recently I was reminded that it was on Sunday, December 11, 1995 that I made my public profession of faith by being baptized as a 19 year old college sophomore at my first church home.
It was the beginning of December, 2002 that my husband and I started dating. 14 years later I still smile when I think of the significant dates this month that mark the beginning of our story. I see our early days played out as I decorate our tree.
Just last week I was volunteering at the Compassion Experience, which was being held across the street from my last apartment. I knew my husband was interested in me when he left his parents' home early on Thanksgiving weekend to help me move in to that apartment. Less than 2 weeks later he picked me up for our first date at that apartment. One year later he helped me move out of that apartment, but by then I was wearing a ring on my left hand and he was helping me move in with my parents for the last 3 months before our wedding.
It was the first week of December, 2005 that 2 lines on a home pregnancy test told my husband and I that we were going to be parents. 9 months later our firstborn arrived in dramatic fashion.
Today, on Saturday, December 10, 2016 our son, the one whose arrival we found out about 11 years ago this month, and whose delivery still has us praising God for the way things turned out that day, will make his own public profession of faith and be baptized. He will be baptized by my husband and I, on the same stage we got married on nearly 13 years ago. As my husband and I baptize our son tonight, friends and family will celebrate, including my husband's former youth pastor, who baptized my husband 35+ years ago, who was one of the pastors who performed our wedding, and who is now the Senior Pastor at our church.
As we prepare our hearts and minds for Christmas, and the celebration of Jesus' birth, I'm incredibly thankful for all the new beginnings December brings in my life.
So thankful for your son's baptism-- what joy!!!
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