When my daughter Carrie was born in 1975, her father indicated that he didn't want her baptized and that she should make her own choice about religion. This very much saddened me but I was a weak and controlled person back then.
Through the years and a marriage or two, I met a wonderful man named Martin. After marrying him, I came to Christ again. As a believer again reborn, I was eager to share my faith with Carrie so that she too could be saved and have eternal life. This did not go well. She at one point indicated that she didn't want to hear anymore God talk and left the house.
On Feb 3, 2009 she was laid off from a job she merely existed at. She didn't really enjoy her work or the people. The first two weeks were ok, but then around the end of the first month, she called and asked "why did God do this to me?"
With conversations about Christ and how he works and what we are suppose to operate it sparked something in her. One day she bought a book called "101 most important bible verses".
She read this book every evening religiously....sometimes reading four or five chapters. She had questions galore. She was learning and absorbing faster than I could keep up.
Then one day she said she was going to go to church and take the boys. This was exciting news. I did however, have some doubt that it would actually happen. But it did and my husband and I were there with her.
She went again the next Sunday, and the next....she committed her life to Christ.
On November 15, 2009 my daughter Carrie fulfilled a life-long desire of mine--that she be baptized into Christ. Not only did she get baptized, but so did my two grandsons, Tucker and Bennett.
I cannot express the joy in my heart and that if anything happened to me I would leave this world with joy in my heart.
To make this day even more memorable, her sisters Meagan, Candice and Michelle along with husbands were there to share in this moment.
As I sat in the church with these children around me, I cannot tell you how proud I was of each and every one of these individuals for who they are and what they bring to my life.
It was a great day!!!!
Love you all
Mom
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