The Baptism

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”

You are walking along the banks of the Jordon River. You see a strange looking man wearing animal pelts baptizing people. Someone says his name is John. You wish to be baptized too. Dip your hands in the water. It is a tradition in our church that when we do baptisms, we put a few drops of water that were brought back from the Jordan River into our regular water. When you look at the water, there is no way to take the Jordan River water out, it has mixed with the other water and they are now one. In the same way when you are baptized with Christ, you become one with the larger family of Christians. Look at the Mirror. Read God’s words spoken about you.