Clarise gets baptized!

My dear friend Clarise chose to trust Jesus as her Lord and Savior one year, five months, and two days ago. Today she was baptized as a public demonstration of her committment. It has been so awesome to watch her grow in her knowledge of and love for Christ. Her faith is authentic and it is refreshing to watch her learn what it means to let him sit in the driver's seat in her heart and her life.

Mary and I have been discussing Clarise's decision to be "bapertized". She started by calling it "advertized". I thought this was funny and a bit ironic because it is very much an advertizement of one's committment of faith. Mary wanted to know when she could be bapertized. We talked about asking Jesus to come into your heart and be boss of your life. We've had this conversation a number of times before. Right now it seems like Jesus is like one of her imaginary friends, but special because others know about him. Just as with her imaginary friends (Di Di, Luke Louis, Lettuce, and Jacob) she is ok with being able to talk to him, but not see him.