First, I grew up Southern Baptist, so infant baptism is a fairly new concept to me. Why do Will and I choose to baptize our children? We do not believe that Hudson is saved through his baptism. He must come to faith in Christ in order to be saved. The reason why we baptize would require a very lengthy discussion in which I don't feel confident to lead. In short, while Will and I don't feel it is wrong to not baptize your infants, we felt led to do it. It is Hudson's seal that he belongs to a covenant family. We do not believe that baptism is a sign of our faith in God. Rather, we believe baptism is a sign of God's faithfulness in His covenant. We are believing God's word that He will be a God to us and our children--as we remain faithful to raise our children in the knowledge of the Lord.
Hudson was baptized in November at Briarwood Presbyterian Church. It was a sweet time for our family. We acknowledged that Hudson was in need of Christ, and we made a promise to God to teach our child the Word of God. The church also promised to aide us in this.
Will got to give Hudson his blessing. He read Luke 9:23-25-"If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself." After reading the verse, he said, "Hudson, you are the Lord's, and we pray this verse for you- that it would resonate in your heart and in your life, and that not a day would pass that you do not know the glorious riches that are in Christ our Lord. We pray that wherever you go and whatever you do, you would live your life for the sake of Christ." He also mentioned Hudson's namesake in his blessing--which is missionary Hudson Taylor. He winged that part, so I am not sure exactly what he said.
His sweet Ge spent countless hours making his little gown.
Ge, Nana, Pops, Bubba, Uncle Reed, Uncle Wes, Maw Maw, and Granny all came to watch. Ok well to be truthful, Uncle Wes accidentally slept through the early service, but we saw him later.:) Some of our uncles, aunts, and cousins couldn't be there, but they were celebrating with us in spirit!
Afterwards, we had a little brunch at our house. It was a very sweet day. God has truly blessed us by giving us Hudson.
Just so you know what we were working with, here was a picture of Hudson a few days before his baptism:
Look at that sweet face afterwards:
Although baptism doesn't save, you can see he has changed some of his wild ways already!
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