Sunday was a very special day for us as we celebrated Makenna's baby dedication at our church.
What exactly is a "baby dedication" you ask? Well, as believers in Jesus Christ, we desire to make a commitment before God and our church to submit Makenna to God's will and to raise her according to God's Word and God's ways. We are first, thanking God for the precious gift He has given us. We are making a promise to the Lord to do everything in our power to raise Makenna in a godly way, prayerfully until she can make a decision on her own to follow God. We are making a commitment to teach and train her in God's word, demonstrate godliness in our home, discipline according to God's ways and pray for her.
We were asked to choose a bible verse for the occasion and we chose the following 2 verses:
"As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. 1 Samuel 1:26-28
"God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son." Ephesians 1: 5-6
It was an amazing day as we stood in front of our church looking out at all of our family members that made the trip to Milwaukee for the weekend to share with us and at the congregation that has been supporting us and praying for us on this journey. We had a wonderful celebration at our house afterwards with family, too. Thank you to all of you that have supported us and prayed for us on this journey and for those of you that were able to share in our special day! Makenna truly is a gift from God and we are so excited to see how He will use her to continue to glorify Him.
Here we are on stage right after the prayer over Makenna. Shelly was holding her during the prayer and she fussed the whole time.
As soon as she gave her back to me, she stopped crying:) Good girl!
She took a good nap towards the end of service and was NOT happy to be woken up! Too bad b/c it was such a cute family picture otherwise.
Oh boy, no more pictures mommy!
