New Beginnings.....New Hope.......Sunday is Here!

Today my son chose to be baptized in the faith.  Today, it was not only symbolic of his life with Jesus but it also meant he is ready to step forward in a new life.  We have lived in our Saturday for a long time now.  We have lived between Good Friday and the questions of loss and pain.  The place of realizing that the future was not going to look like we had planned.  The place of wondering how God was going to rewrite our future.  The place of despair.  We have never lost the faith.  We know God is in control but we have no idea what that is going to look like.  We can't even envision it.  We can't even imagine the complete unknown.  We can't see the resurrection of our lives.  The new beginnings.  The new hope.  Today we tried to grab it.  We took this Easter Sunday and stepped out in faith.  We are ready for new.  We are trusting God.  Samuel took it to a full level publicly choosing baptism.  He said I am ready to accept the resurrection and the next that God has ordained for me.  He said it is time to leave Saturday and live in the Sunday.  He reminded me that there is so much life still to live and it is best to follow the path the Lord has laid out for us.  He reminded me  that it is time to put my faith in action.  He reminded me that Jesus died so we could live.  Every step is scary but I am developing a great anticipation for what is next. 

Pastor Bill whispered in his ear how proud his father would be of him.

New Beginnings.......Let's Do This Thing.