Out With The Old And In With the New!!

This past weekend was one of the most important days of my life(besides being saved). On October 21st me and 34 other high schoolers were baptized. We were able to publically profess that we are following Jesus Christ. It was an amazing day, a day that I will always remember. I didn't always feel this way about baptism though. I grew up in a Christian home were I was blessed to be raised in the Christian faith, but this also led me to falsly believe that i was a true follower of Jesus Christ. My mom had always been pushing the idea of baptism but I wasn't too excited about the idea. I was too embarrassed. I kept on putting it off telling my mom that I was not "ready". About a year later I came to Compass Bible Church where i was able to hear sermons that weren't "sugar-coated", I was completely convicted and realized I wasn't a true Christian. I soon had a zeal for the Lord, I had this constant desire to learn more about Him. Then there was this opprituntiy to get baptism and I leaped at the chance with no hesitation what so ever. I finally realized the true meaning of baptism. Before the focus was all about me standing infront of a bunch of people, now i realize that it is only about the relationship between me and Him. I was so excited I was counting down the days. Finally the day came and I was really nervous but also excited. I was able to get together with a couple of my close friends and pray and this really helped the focus to go back to Him. When it came around to my turn, all of my nerves went away and I just couldn't help but smile, I honestly barely remember what Pastor Bobby asked me. As soon as I was baptized I was overwhelmed with pure joy, I was able to say that I had obeyed what my father commanded and this was the most fulfilling thing to know.