Baptism

Well I was baptized last Saturday night after the show.  I wasn’t expecting some feeling or blow-up experience. I have been steeped in my faith for a long time. I just wanted to take that step and make it official. So to speak. But I have to say I was getting attacked spiritually the whole day….I was actually expectying it after the fact…but I had a rough day as far as my family and I were concerned. I had to keep telling myself..that if I react ..I will be giving in. My boys were driving me bonkers. I was just exhausted and they were pushing me to my limit. Rob and I had an issue. While walking to the church I just asked the boys to “Stop” I asked them politely if they could just give me this time. without harrassing eachother…cracking jokes..ect.

I would have really loved to have some prayer time to myself. That doesn’t seem to happen when my house is full. OK I will live with it. I explained that this was a special time for me and I would like them to respect that. They were good for about ten minutes. I guess I can’t expect more than that…I am a mom.  I learn to sacrifice certain things. Sanity adn calm being one of them.

It’s a good thing that I already know who I am…who God is and what I was actually doing. I actually did/do have inner peace.. that’s ok..because I think I will always have outside distractions to contend with…so why should my baptism be different from any other day?

So the whole baptism experience was Great!….and I am glad I am able to be baptized. Thank you Jesus!

My children should also be thanking him that I didn’t react when I really wanted to. LOL PLease forgive me Jesus!

I have made the commitment to read my bible everyday. ( at least until I get through every book) I have stayed true. You know why? Well I was reading my bible pretty faithfully until I bought this little thing called an I-Pad. Now I spend more money and get sucked into browsing the net at night instead of reading like I want to. So a way to cure that? Download the free bible app. Yep! I actually like it because I can read it in any translation I wasnt..I can even go back and fourth looking through different ones. The {NLT} New living translation is my favorite for reading at night. But I like to look at some in the NKJV.  the only problem so far? when I want to memorize something or write notes..I can’t…I can’t highlight especially valuable verses to me. which is such a nice thing. But it’s a technology age.. my I-pad is so much lighter at night….plus I don’t have to have an overhead light…pretty handy. just thought I would let you know..in case the I-pad bug has alos got a hold of you.

Now that I have been baptized Bryce is acting funny. Today I was talking with my brother..he came for a spontaneous visit as he was driving through town ( I miss him..I wish we lived were closer). My brother is not a christian. He was talking about a person we dislike..LOL and saying some things…and I just kind of avoided the harshness and was lightly correcting him…Bryce said “Oh mom was just baptized..she trying to have holy thoughts”

The funny thing is that anything i say to him that is remotely pure, spiritual, advise…anything a parent does…he says “Oh mom is having holy thoughts” LOL He doesn’t mean it in a mean way…but he fails to recognize that I have not changed..I was like this before Saturday? So maybe it has him thinking? I don’t know. But it makes me chuckle..that suddenly I would have “Holy Thoughts” or “thinking”  Ahhh..these kids.

He has also been using some of my terms that I always say to him…like “Oh there’s always a reason that happens..” he makes fun of me..but at the same time he is starting to understand why I say those things.  So that’s good to see. So maybe there will be more baptisms in our future. I want them to be 100% sure before they take the plunge. So  we shall see.

Just wanted to share about my experience.