So today was my baptism and oh my word was it fun! =D There are no words to describe my feelings right now but I will do my best throughout this post.
First of all, last night Marlise and Nicole came down to spend the night. Katie and Shawn were also in town so we all headed to the Corning Museum of Glass. We ended up spending a few hours there having a blast admiring the glass and playing. We went home, had dinner and went back out to take my brother home and to get videos from Family Video. After Nicole's hassle at Family Video we finally got out with the three movies we were planning to watch. We went home, watched them all, and went to bed sometime around 1:30 a.m. I ended up not being able to fall asleep because there was so much running through my mind and it wasn't just all nerves. So I came back upstairs and sat for a while writing a three page letter to God. I wrote down how I felt about everything from my parents to the gentleman who shares my birthday and his health to the baptism. And at the end of the letter I realized that I had gotten SO much off of my chest that I had been holding onto making me stressed and worried and a little cranky.
I finally got to bed and I woke up, ate breakfast, got ready, and went to church. It was the hardest thing for me to do- getting up in front of everybody trying to talk without offending my parents. But then I realized that I could just say what I needed to say and get it over with. (There were only a few tears involved). But it was the greatest thing to look out into the sanctuary to see both new and old friends and my family sitting there, supporting me. It was the most amazing experience ever. When I got dunked, it was all I could do to keep from just bursting out into laughter because I was so full of joy. I don't think I have ever experienced such an amazing thing in my life other than actually becoming a Christian after everything I had done to myself and those around me.
So I just want to leave off with the same verse I left off with when I gave my testimony. Psalm 3:3 "But You, O Lord, are a shield around me. My glory, and the One who lifts my head high."
