What a wonderful day!

Yesterday was a wonderful day!  We joined the church a few weeks ago and today I was baptized by immersion!  I was so nervous because I was afraid I was gonna dunk the pastor too and I also don't like people looking at me but I had to remember why I was doing it! 
My best friends son came up to me and asked me, "How old are you?" I told him 35 and then he said, "and you've never been baptized!?!"  I tried to explain to him that I was but it wasn't in the way that our Lord intended it to be so this time I did it the way it was meant to be.
I don't have much to say about the baptism besides that it was an amazing experience and I am so thankful for the chance to be baptized by immersion!

Some great verses I found that I really loved....

 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13

"and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,"  1 Peter 3:21 

"He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit," Titus 3:5

and of course my favorite!

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"  2 Corinthians 5:17

Look what my husband told me he has ordered for me!  Will take a bit to get here since it is being personalized!  What a great surprise!!  He's so sweet!  Love you babe!

 My Mom took some pictures for me.  What a great way to remember it!

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We joined the church!

Yesterday we went up and joined our church!  We have been wanting to for a little while now but I was having a hard time because I feel bad about not living closer and being able to do more things for/with the church.  We live an hour away from our church so it is hard to go during the week.  Our church is the First Baptist Church of Garber. 

I am so thankful though that we found this church and our wonderful pastor!  We have known Brother Tom for almost 14 years and once we found out that he was a pastor we started going to that church.  I love it!  It is smaller church like I grew up in and everyone is so sweet!  It just felt like home after the first time!  That is always great to find a church like that where you are excited and happy to be going!

I grew up Presbyterian and when I was a baby I was Christened.  We always went to church and I really liked it.  When I was a teenager I was like a lot of other teenagers and rebelled, didn't really want to go, I still did FCA at school and always did See You at the Pole.  I had a friend that went to the baptist church and she always invited me to go to church camp with her.  We went to one in Boiling Springs a few times and then we went to Falls Creek.  I really loved Falls Creek and loved the way it was there, everyone so loving and praising our Lord!  How could you not get something out of it!?!  Plus you got to make so many new friends! 

I was saved at Falls Creek when I was about 15 years old.  It was such a wonderful feeling and I was so happy!  When we got back I shared with our Presbyterian church about the trip and decided to get baptized.  The way our church did it was by pouring water over your head.  So for 20 years I always thought I was baptized.  Once we started talking to Brother Tom and he came to visit and asked us if we do believe that Jesus Christ is God's Son and He was sent here to die on the cross so that we could be forgiven of our sins we both said yes.  We have both recently rededicated our lives too.  (This is my Story, if you are interested)  He asked if we have been baptized by submersion and Shane had when he was younger but I said no.  So since I wasn't baptized by submersion I will be doing that soon.  I always thought it would be really meaningful to do it that way anyways and was wondering about if I should be baptized again but since Tom put it that way then now I know and I will be!  That song Baptism by Kenney Chesney and Randy Travis is so meaningful to me and makes me cry every time I hear it.  I just love it!

So I will be letting you all know when we get it set up and how it goes!  Hoping it will go well.  lol  Tom is kinda short, I've always called him my little leprechaun, and I am 6' 1", so it should be interesting! 

The little old church where I grew up going to.  Sadly it is isn't around anymore.

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Having a music marathon

here since Mad is gone.  Just listening to some good music, remembering Randy, laughing and grieving....





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