Jake's Baptism

This was a happy day for us! We were thrilled that Jake had chose to obey Jesus and follow Him in Baptism. Jake got saved when he was a young 4 years old. He was working with Bruce in the garage and was playing with a screwdriver. Bruce told him not to run with the screwdriver and Jake started asking him why. Like "Will I get hurt? Will I poke my eye out? Would I bleed?" Bruce, working on the van, getting a little irrated with all the "why" questions said "Yes, Jake, yes! All those things could happen or worse." To which Jake said "Would I die?" Exasparated Bruce told him yes. Then Jake was very serious thinking everything over said if he died he would go to hell. Bruce called me in the garage and we asked him why he thought that and he said because he was a sinner. We asked him what in the world did he do that made him a sinner and he said that he has lied and disobeyed. We still were trying to put him off because he was very young but he insisted that he wanted to know he was going to go to heaven when he died by asking Jesus to save him. We told him that he could pray and he wanted us to pray for him instead. We told him that was a prayer he was going to have to say all by himself and whenever he was ready someday we would pray with him. We started to walk out of the garage and he grabbed us and told us that he was ready now and he prayed the sweetest prayer a 4 year old could prayer calling upon the name of the Lord!

We told him about baptism and he said he didn't think he was ready for that (he was scared of the water). We really didn't talk to him about it after that because we really wanted it to be the work of the Holy Spirit and not us. Then one day in June he said that he needed to get baptized and I asked him why. He said because he wanted to obey God. Wow! This is what we prayed for him since the day we found out we were pregnant! If you have trusted in Christ for your salvation you will see Jake in heaven one day! We are thankful for God's Mercy to us!!