New Again

How did I come to this place?

A little over a week ago my family and some close friends joined me at lake Johanna and I got baptized!

And even now, the week after my baptism I am trying to figure out just the right way to tell my story and the right words to share my faith and what I believe.  But as I seem to do time and time again I am missing the point.  

The first time I accepted Jesus into my heart I was three.  I wanted to get baptized when I was in fourth grade and my dad told me that I needed to wait until I understood what it meant.  Then about two years ago I wanted to be baptized, but felt as though I had to clean myself before giving myself to Christ.  That I could not be with Christ until I was clean.  I don’t think that I had fully understood or remembered that it is only through Christ that I can be made clean.

I believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  I believe that Jesus came to this earth as a little baby and after spending some time on this earth died for our sins upon the cross.  I believe that being a follower of Christ is not the easy choice and will not be an easy road.  I believe that I will fall again and again and that each time Jesus will take me as I am. I believe.

And through Him I am new again, new every morning.

HALES