Today was my first baptism!  I have wondered for a while now what it would be like to fulfill this servant role in someone’s life, and all I can really say is that I am honored and in awe.  I also wondered if I would goof up the name on my first time, but those concerns were quickly put away when I learned the little boy’s name… LANDON!!!  How cool is that?!

Today I learned and experienced more deeply the beauty of how God uses His people to carry out His ministry.  Broken people.  People who have experienced the depth of sin and the awesome power of His grace… the measure of His love for us.  I thought of May 10, 1981 - the day I was baptized.  I wondered how Pastor Wuensche felt the day he baptized me.  I still have a picture up in th living room of my grandparents holding me that day.  The older I get, the more I appreciate this day where God put His name on me and said, “I choose you, Landon.”

He said those same words today to a different Landon.    My prayer is that this Landon will come to appreciate this beautiful gift as I do and that God would continue to grow his faith throughout his life.

Mark 16:16 - “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.”  -Jesus Christ