On Monday, September 28, 2009, Ezekiel decided to sing "Happy Day" by Fee. It goes a little like this...'O, happy day! Happy day! You washed my sins away! O, happy day! Happy day! I'll never be the same!..." So I asked Ezekiel, "What does it mean to have your sins washed away?"
Ezekiel: "You get baptized and ask Jesus into your heart."
Mommy: "Do you have Jesus in your heart?"
Ezekiel: "No, but Daddy hasn't..." (not sure I remember, but it's not important :)
I went on to let Ezekiel know that this was a very important decision that he needed to make, so we wanted to let him come to us to talk about it--we totally did not want to pressure him into anything. So I asked him if he wanted to talk to Daddy and I about it that day. Why, yes, he did :) So that night after our bedtime prayers, Ezekiel asked Jesus to come into his heart!
We had a wonderful family day together on Tuesday, then Wednesday morning we had a baptism service in our bathtub. The church baptistry seemed a little daunting (and deep!), so we had a holy, intimate moment right here, but I caught it on video because we wanted to share it with you!
Daddy and Mommy are so proud of your decision, Ezekiel!
