baptism day

jonas was baptized this past sunday. he slept through the whole occasion

with only a slight flinch as the water trickled down his face.

astoundingly, our other four children stood next to us and looked on intently.

but my reflections, later, were that we go through our life

much like jonas did his baptism or much the opposite, in a frantic state,

mostly unaware of the hand of God at work.

its not often that we (or at least i) go through our life in the moment,

deeply aware of God, as our other children were for just a minute that morning.

but i'm praying that i will be in the moment with God more...

and by so doing i will be taking my children there, too.