{"id":1135,"date":"2012-11-05T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2012-11-05T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:46:09","slug":"blessed-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/archives\/1135","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWe longed and prayed for the day she was born. And then, she was born again.
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Alyssa has such a sweet, tender and sincere heart and made the decision that she wanted to be obedient to God’s commands and wanted to follow Him for the rest of her life. There has been an old school thinking from my background that has told me, “she is too young or she doesn’t fully understand.” Well the truth is, she doesn’t fully understand and neither do I, right?\u00a0 Baptism is for the new believer. And I had to put my CofC thinking aside and let her just believe. The Bible tells me, that is enough.<\/p>\n

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We were able to celebrate this day with most of our family, but definitely missed the rest. Lots of cousins, lots of silliness and lots of smiles. Thank you so much to all of you who have poured into Alyssa. We can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for her.<\/p>\n

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