Baptism

Faith in God has played a HUGE role in my relationship with my husband. I could write forever about all the times God intervened or had a hand in something that was going on. Today I want to tell you a very special story about something amazing that happened.

Josh was not a Christian when we first met, but over the time we spent together he began exploring what Christianity was and many different things occurred that finally brought him to accept Christ as his Lord and Savior. Someday I will share more of those stories…

Today I want to talk about a very special gift that I feel like God gave me through Josh.

Over the course of our relationship Josh and I had many discussions about Baptism. Unfortunately, when the different churches we attended offered Baptism, it was never at a time that Josh felt was right.

It honestly was something I wanted for him, but I didn’t want to make it into a chore and nag him into doing it. I believe it has to be the individual’ decision. So when we got engaged and he still hadn’t been baptized I was kind of bummed but figured he would just end up getting baptized once we were married.

To my surprise and delight three weeks before our wedding Josh and I were on the phone (he was still living in Madison, and I was in Marengo), and he said he had been praying about it and was ready to be baptized! I was so excited!

So I contacted my friend Pat who is the Youth Pastor at Willow Huntley and asked if he would be willing to do a Baptism immediately following our Rehearsal. (Pat performed our wedding ceremony). Of course he agreed and we set it up with our venue to use their pool.

The day of our rehearsal was crazy and stressful, and if I am being honest, I was not a pleasant individual. As we completed decorating, and started practicing for the ceremony I had almost completely forgotten about Josh’s plan to get baptized!

Once the rehearsal was over, Pat invited everyone to join us in the pool house to celebrate Josh’s baptism.

As Josh and Pat entered the water and our family and friends circled the pool to witness, my heart was so full! Pat performed a beautiful baptism, talking about how Josh had committed himself to follow Christ and that he would also lead his family to Christ, and then he dunked him!

The words I heard, and watching Josh get submerged I was overcome.

I cried as he came back up and truly felt so blessed. The man of my dreams had followed God’s prompting and was baptized the day before we were married! I could not have been happier.

God took something I was unsure of happening, and placed it in our lives at the perfect time. He is so Good!