Day 29: Washed by the Water

Washed by the Water is another one of my favorite Needtobreathe songs.  It talks about leaning on God in the hard times and how He is constantly faithful.  The lyrics tell a great story.

When I hear this song I often think of my baptism, because it talks about water.  I remember the day I was baptized - I was 11 years old, and I had made the decision a while ago that this was something I wanted to do, to make a public profession of my faith and my relationship with Christ.  My grandfather baptized me, and I remember that he told me this: baptism is an outward symbol of an inward change.

Baptism is an outward symbol.  It involves the community around you - your friends and your family - it is where you ask them to hold you accountable for the life you are planning to live in Christ.  Baptism is also a journey.  I am not the same person I was on the day of my baptism, because I didn't have it all figured out that day - I don't have it all figured out today either.

The chorus of Washed by the Water goes like this:

Even when the rain comes

Even when the flood starts rising

Even when the storm comes

I am washed by the water

There will be storms in life.  We will get knocked down and tossed about.  We will stop walking or take a break from our journey, maybe go a different direction.  But we are always invited to come back to the waters.  We are always welcomed to the overflowing of God's grace.  He knows we didn't have it all figured out the day or the moment we decided to start our lives in Him.  He never expects us to have it all figured out.  He wants us to grow with Him, grow into Him.  

This is a picture of my grandpa and I on the day of my baptism.  It was October of 2003.  It will be some time before I am unable to remember dates and specific details of the day.  But I know that the waters are always there.  Even when they fall down like rain or overwhelm like a flood.

~SP