Would you believe I can't think of a subject title? It's me age.
We went to church twice today. No, we're not after a browny points. We were at the 1100 service, which is a contemporary style service complete with "crash bang wallop" music to match. Then at 1700 we were at the Even Song service complete with choir. I am not sure which was best. Probably if pushed I would say both but for different reasons. The 1100 service is moderately unstructured and very family friendly with young folks and family folks. Today there was a dramatised Bible reading, a baby was baptised, and a boy of about 10 was welcomed into the church as a full member. I am not sure how I feel about the last two items. I can't reconcile myself to baptising a baby. In fact I am still working out where I stand as to where a child goes when they die. But that's another story which one day when I am feeling controversial I will wax lyrical on. For the moment I will keep my egotistical opinions to myself. As to the 10 year old who was welcomed into membership, I don't know the youngster personally so I am not sure. If he has accepted Christ as his Lord and is born again then I have no problem with it. In another church I saw a young boy of 7 get baptised and I had no trouble. He was really asked a lot of probing questions by the pastor who baptised him and he was able to answer the questions with humility and an attitude that left most of us in awe of what Christ can do.
And how did our 2 girls go? I mean lets face it when your 4 months or 3.5 years old church can be boring with a capital B. They both did well. I mean they done good. I have never seen Michele do so well. All the hard work is really paying of. There was a time when we would spend a whole church service just managing to keep Michele half way to being reasonable quiet. Not so now. We have, with Christ's enabling, really worked on training her to play quietly. She has lots to do and we provide her with drinks and a snack. I also try to get her as involved in the singing and to take a bit of notice in what is being prayed about. Hopefully, in time, she will accept Christ as her saviour. But for the moment, we will keep her going to church and make is as happy a time as we can with the limitations imposed. She is good as it is now. As to Cathy, she slept through most of the services and was quiet the rest of the time. I could brag about both of them but I wont. Stephanie has also worked hard with the training at home. We don't look at other kids to compare notes. We have enough to concentrate on with our own. Neither will we get proud. We are one service away from a horror story that other parents have. We are just as dependant upon Christ as the next person and have no room really to brag. All praise and honour to Christ the king.
Now, should you wish to look at us, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/53780407/
And, yes you can be jealous of our good looks! I am the good looking one taking the photo's.
1 comment:
My younger brother decided to be baptized (which we equate with becoming a Christian) at age 6, for the record. :) And it's a good thing he did, too, because I had been putting off such a decision for at least a year, and I was five years older, and his decision prompted me. :)
We also would never baptize a baby, and we think the Bible is pretty clear that those who haven't sinned aren't lost (Ezekiel 18, for example), so we don't think it's "egotistical" to take such a position. :)
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