Phone Conversations - September 15

This morning Sabrina and Monique were in the living room and dining room respectively, holding their babies and talking to each other on their toy cell phones...

Sabrina: "Ring, ring, ring, ring. Monique your phone is ringing!"

Monique: "Hello?"

Sabrina: "Hi! How are you doing today?"

Monique: "Oh, I am doing just fine. I'm about to go to Wal-Mart."

Sabrina: "Would you like me to watch your kids for you?"

Monique: "Sure, that would be great!"

Sabrina: "Is there anything you need to tell me about them?"

Monique: "Well, one of them can't have milk."

Sabrina: "OK, which one?"

Monique: "John 3:16"

Sabrina: "So John 3:16 can't have milk. Anything else?"

Monique: "No that's all. See you soon!"

And a few minutes later (after Monique arrived at Sabrina's house) I heard this conversation...

Sabrina: "You know our grandmother broke her foot."

Monique: "Yes, she did."

Sabrina: "She fell off the roof and broke it."

Monique: "Well this baby was in my tummy just yesterday."

Baptism in the Clearwater River - September 12

There is no greater joy as a Christian parent than watching your children grow in their knowledge and understanding of God. It is not a one time event, but rather a journey with many precious opportunities to pause and reflect along the way. The moment of salvation and experience of baptism are certainly two of those opportunities. Danny and I have been blessed over the past two weeks as we have been able to personally share these experiences with both Sabrina and Colter. After church on Sunday we invited our family and friends down to the river for their baptism celebration. Danny and I selected a special verse for each of them (and had it engraved on a necklace for Sabrina and a dog tag for Colter) as a reminder of this special day...

Sabrina Laine Griffis

"But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. For surely, O Lord you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield." Psalm 5:11-12

Colter Thomas Griffis

"Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes." Psalm 112:6-8

"We are therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:4