Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?
Today was an amazing day, our little girl was baptized and we are happy for her. She made a good choice today.
There are things in my life that I look back on now and think if I can do better for my kids I will be happy.
Today was one of those days. When I was growing up my dad stopped going to church when I was around 6 or 7 years old and my family stopped going to church all together very regularly.
So when I turned 8 my Dad wasn't going to baptize me..and since my family wasn't really going to church, they had the ward mission leader (I think) come to our house and give me the discussions. This at the time made me feel different and made me have different emotions about being baptized than I should have.
I wanted to make sure her experience was the complete opposite I am not sure if it was, but for one she was able to have her father baptize her and confirm her a member of this church and give her the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Ben was having a hard time with his emotions for good reason and I will admit it is good to see some emotion from him time to time.
He was also coming down from one of the most stress full days he has ever had at Target (Friday).
So I was glad he was able to put all of that aside and focus on Liv, give her a sweet blessing and show of his love for her by his actions and words.
We had lots of friends and family there. It was depressing to not have any "Whidden's" there. I know it is so far/cost/time etc.. to travel--these are the days you miss family the most!
Today is a day I will never forget.
I love my Heavenly Father.
I am thankful for His Son.
This is forever written on my heart.
