My journey so far walking with Christ has been a flood of emotions and today was no different as I, at the age of 27, decided to outwardly express the inner transformation which has taken place as the Father has mercifully taken my life out of the darkness and made me anew as one of His children. There are no words to describe this experience for me because I know how unworthy I was for such a gracious, merciful and loving God to have pulled me from the darkness that consumed my life. I fall over in overwhelming awe and thanksgiving. I have been really mediating on Ephesians 5:8-9 for the past couple days as I prepared for the baptism; " For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light and find out what pleases the Lord". This baptism not only signifies the cleanse and reconstruction God has done on my heart but also my commitment and promise to Him to live in the light which He has given to me in order to fulfill His glory. I kept imagining Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist and the description of the heavens opening up and God speaking down upon the earth that Jesus is His son and with Him he is well pleased; it is only because of the son that we are able have an opportunity to be reborn and adopted into the family of God. I think its beautiful and amazing and a reality check at times, to keep our focus on eternity and not on the breath of time we are on earth. His love is a radical one and I pray for my love and life to be radically dedicated to Him. In love and light and peace. Today was a wonderful day.
