My sweet baby is now Christ's sweet baby

My sweet baby, Maddie, was baptized on December 9. Back on October 28, we had a fall festival at a couple's house from our church. We did a trunk or treat, so the kids came home with LOTS of candy. They had eaten all kinds of sweets that day, so I told them they could only have a couple of pieces. When we piled in the car, Ella told on Maddie and said she had eaten more candy than she was supposed to. So, when we got home, Maddie and I had a talk about temptation. I read her a scripture and said that when you give in to temptation, that becomes sin. You would have thought I had broken her heart. Her exact words were, "Mommy, do you think Jesus will forgive me?" I told her He absolutely would and led her in the sinner's prayer. She was so excited that she had Jesus in her heart and called everyone she could think of to tell them. In our church, we celebrate the act of baptism twice a year - once around Christmas and once at Easter. Maddie was a little nervous about being baptized, but right before she went up I told her Jesus was with her and up she went! What a glorious thing-to watch your little one become Christ's own! The transformation in her life has been incredible. She has become so much more sensitive to others and it grieves her when she has disobeyed Eric and me. She prays often that Ella and Ethan would ask Jesus into their hearts too. One day, we were in line to pick Ethan up from school, and Maddie asked, "Mommy, do all these people know Jesus?" I said, "no baby, they don't." Her response was, "Well we need to get out and go tell them!" I love that God can use a 5 year old to remind us "wise" adults to get off our duffs and go tell the world about Jesus!

Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. (Psalm 8:2)