Baptism Day :)

It has been requested that I share more of my experience in Mozambique. There are so many things to say! So as I asked the Lord, He said to share my journal entry from my baptism day. It is something so special to me that I would not be this vulnerable without the Lord's request. I cried as I read this to my friend last night. Please know that these are not just words, but real life encounters that merged as Jesus met me the morning of my baptism. It meant more to me than just being submerged in water. Words could never describe what Jesus has done for me.

July 31, 2011

Baptism Day

I have been waiting for this day since I was 16 at Bible and Beach. wow, how much has changed since then. I declare this day as the day of no return. I proclaim purity over my life for the rest of my days. I proclaim discernment and wisdom over my life. And I will walk in love, joy, peace, righteousness, and holiness for all of my days. I stand now with all that is within me and I proclaim that the Lord is good ALL the time! I have pursued the world and personally nailed Jesus to the cross and yet, the Ancient of Days never stopped loving me. He picked me up in crumbled pieces out of the dirt, created a new body for me, and through His mouth blew air of life into my lungs.

He called me His daughter.

He wispered to me how He desired to spend eternity with me.

Then, a man appeared. He was dressed in white. He was so Beautiful; I was speechless. He wrapped His arms and body around me and my nakedness and became one with me. Immediately I recognized it was the same person who had been drawing me in since I was a child. I spent days longing to be with Him, but I had never seen His face, felt His arms around me, smelled His intoxicating sweet aroma. It was Jesus. After falling so in love with Him, He presented me with the most beautiful engagement ring that smelled of all the best flowers put together and the colors flowed through me. He placed it over my head and then down around my body.

I was His forever, and He was mine.
He even showed me the dress that I will wear on that glorious day. I will never understand why He picked me, but I will spend eternity lost in love by gazing into the eyes of Jesus, my Beloved, my King. Today, I am cleansed; I am new. I will never be the same.

This is more than a love story.