My daughter was baptized a couple of weeks ago at church. My in-laws got to watch online, so good! My parents and extended family got to attend. The church had a photographer who took pictures. We'll get those pictures in a couple more weeks. Here a couple of shots she took on my camera.
It was a beautiful moment in my daughter's life. I love that we as a family got to share in it. We love our daughter dearly and are so proud of her decision. Our church encourages us to raise our kids according to Deuteronomy 6: 4-7.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
There have been so many people in my daughter's life that have planted and watered seeds of faith. Everyone from the sweet people in Naperville who rocked her as a baby, to the wonderful people at Shenandoah Baptist church in Orlando who embraced and loved us. I'll always treasure Miss Tommie, my daughter's Sunday school teacher when she was a preschooler. Miss Tommie had my daughter memorizing scripture at 2 and 3! All the wonderful people at HFBC from VBS workers to Sunday school teachers, ministers, volunteers, and friends have encouraged and taught her along the way. Her Daddy is very intentional in leading our family with daily Bible readings before bed. God has used many people to bring her to this point. It will take many more to continue to encourage and grow her faith as her Daddy and I do our best, with a lot of help from the Lord above, to raise her. We are so excited to see what God does in her life.
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