AFTER THE BAPTISM

Recently my 7-year-old son was baptized at nearby Lake Tahoe. With tears streaming down my face, I watched as he came out of the water, then excitedly asked if he felt any different.

"Yeah, Mom, I do," he replied. "Now I have water up my nose!"

(Leslie A. Williamson, Gardnerville, NV., Today’s Christian Woman, "Heart to Heart." From a sermon by Larry Wilson, Biblica Baptism, 9/29/2012)