Malachi said he would like to get baptized the week before. We were discussing the hymn "Just As I am" and what it means.  Like coming to Jesus we don't have to "clean up" first, but also, if there is any decision that God is prodding us to make, we shouldn't wait for obedience.  Then I asked him, like, why are you waiting to be baptized?  And he said "I was thinking I would like to this week or next.  Originally I was thinking of doing it when I was 9, but there's no good reason for that, for waiting, so I should just do it."

What a big day! He accepted Jesus as Lord a couple of years ago, but he's learned and matured and realized he needs to make this step of obedience in his walk of faith.

 

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