BELIEVERS BAPTISM(my Story)

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Today (Sunday) I opened my keepsake box, I was looking for a certain photograph. I came across the following article I had supposedly written back in nineteen ninety. For this blog I have brought it up to date. Back then I wasn't a writer like I am today. I've also swapped from a type writer to my laptop. I have included a picture of the original that was in the then 'Carreg Llwyd Church' Petros magazine (Greek word meaning "rock" or "stone". It's the Greek form of the name Peter).

On the twenty second of April nineteen ninety, was the day of my baptism. Apart from the expected nerves, I was looking forward to this. I was obeying God's command; when he asks all believers to 'believe and be baptised.'

Before the service my pastor prayed with everyone being baptised that morning.  He prayed that God would be with us and we wouldn't be nervous. God answered those prayers: because when I shared my testimony in front of the whole church my nerves vanished. When it was my turn to enter the baptistry God again erased my nerves.

I was baptised by our then Pastor Elfed Godding and the late John Field.  A man called Stan Roberts (now deceased) read my baptism verse fro Isaiah 43:1-4; But now, this is what the Lord says - he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.For I am the Lord your God.

Baptism by full emersion through water, also known as believer's baptism, signifies a public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ and a commitment to follow him. It's a symbolic act of repentance, cleansing, and being united with Christ in his death and resurrection. For those baptized as adults, it marks a conscious decision to embrace a new life in Christ, often following a period of a personal Christian faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

That was thirty five years ago this month,  how time flys.
It was one of those moments you can't forget, and you can remember every detail.  Since then my journey with Jesus has grown stronger and stronger through the good and the bad. And so has my writing, back then I had no interest in creative writing and poetry like I do today. 

- Sarah Joy Holden 
27/04/2025

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