It's Official - Luke's Baptism Certificate!

We just received Luke's Baptissimal certificate from our church this past saturday. It came as a bit of a surprise(a delightful one, of course) because we weren't really expecting something quite as...official. But yeah, Luke is "official" now - dedicated in a ceremony that symbolized the extension of God's unconditional love and free grace to him. I must say that Matt and I both got a little emotional during the ceremony. Luke has always been OUR little boy (which he still is), but when the priest was baptizing him, we both realized that he is his own person - that one day he will have to make a choice himself whether to follow Christ; that one day he will have to answer for himself in front of God. And there we were holding him, our energetic little wriggly worm, all curious and innocent, trying to dodge the sprinkles of water from the priest...May the peace and grace of God be with you always! :)

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8