Welcome To a Journey
Matthew 3:13-17
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by William B. Kincaid, III

The story is told of a pastor's words to a baby shortly after he had baptized her. No doubt, the minister was speaking as much to the congregation as to the infant. "Little sister, by this act of baptism, we welcome you to a journey that will take your whole life. This isn't the end. It's the beginning of God's experiment with your life. What God will make of you, we know not. Where God will take you, surprise you, we cannot say. This we do know and this we say: God is with you." God will be with us as we live out our baptism.

CSS Publishing Company, Inc., And then Came Came the Angel , by William B. Kincaid, III