Howdy vessels,

Let’s just take a trip back 18 years ago shall we? Now there are a couple of things that y’all need to know before we get into this – just a little background info for ya. I was born into a Catholic church, and my family and I attended that church until I was about 8 years old. So, 18 years ago I would’ve been getting Christened – a picture will be provided don’t worry ;).

I consider my christening, though I don’t remember it and I couldn’t even comprehend who God even was, my baptism and welcoming into the kingdom of God and the church. The Catholic church and other denominations that practice infant baptism believe that baptism is so important that it should be done without delay, especially if the infant is in danger of dying. They believe that we are all born with a fallen human nature and are tainted by original sin, so even children need to be freed from the darkness of sin and brought into the freedom of Jesus Christ. Because of this, the Catholic church believes that there must be proper growth in Christ. This just means learning and growing in faith. The Catholic church, and the Lutheran church I now attend that also practices infant baptism, calls this growth in faith “confirmation.” It basically means reaffirming your baptism and knowing what it means to be a part of the kingdom of God. I did my confirmation journey with my Lutheran church, and it will forever be some of the best times of my life and where I first experienced God’s presence.

There are people and denominations who disagree with infant baptism and the process of confirmation. Some believe that being baptized or christened as a baby is wrong because babies are without sin and it’s someone’s free will when or if they are baptized. This disagreement stems from differing beliefs about the nature of grace and faith, the means of salvation, and the role that baptism plays in those things.

You know what I think though? I think that we serve a loving God that doesn’t care about all that technical stuff. Yes, baptism is important, but does God really care when or how we do it? As long as there are good and godly intentions behind it, how could God not look down on it and smile? I think that Acts 8:35-36 is a great example. “Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?'” As I see it, baptism, or anything concerning God, has no limits or technicalities.

As my life has continued to change, my faith has had its ups and downs. I believe in the last few months, I’ve come to know more about who God is than I knew in my entire life. I’ve contemplated and continue to contemplate getting baptized again because of this too, but then I remember that the God I love, loves me. I feel his love everyday, and I know he’s in my heart. And as of right now, I don’t feel like I need to be baptized again to prove that to myself.

Remember y’all, 

It’s God’s World and We’re Just Livin in it 😉