What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus! Oh! Precious is the flow that makes me white as snow!

I was baptized today, as a public declaration of my faith in Jesus. So I thought I'd share with you my testimony of sorts. Here you go.


I have grown up in a Christian family and known my heavenly father my whole life. It is wonderful to think that I have been growing in Christ since I was very young and I can only continue to grow in him and let him strengthen my faith as I get older, because we can never know or fathom all there is to our great God.

For me, baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality. It symbolizes being reborn from what I was into a new creation under Christ. As a Christian, I want the world to know who I am and what I stand for, so I stand here now to say that my faith is my own and I belong only to Christ.

God calls us to take up our cross and follow him on the hard road to heaven. We are called to deny ourselves; something that does not come naturally to us. But I am guided by Christ and know that I truly do belong with him. Philippians 3:18-21 says: “Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ … their mind is on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”

As Christians we belong somewhere else; we belong with Jesus, and nothing on this earth can bring us the satisfaction our heavenly father can, so we wait eagerly for his return. We Christians are in this imperfect world that causes sin so that we can tell of the perfect grace God offers and share the salvation of Jesus. This salvation is the greatest gift I have ever received, and I want others to know of this gift. I have been nurtured in my craving of pure spiritual milk, as 1 Peter 2:2 says, and as I continue to grow in Christ I want to be strengthened as a servant of Jesus, and encourage you in your walk with Christ, whether you are on the journey already or haven’t yet begun. I want to thank you for sharing this joyful day with me; and will celebrate my salvation in Jesus until the day he calls me home.