And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
(Matthew 3.16
NRSV)
I love the story of Martin Luther who, on those dark and discouraging days that we all have, would say to himself over and over, "I am baptized. I am baptized." He affirmed that whatever was happening to him at the moment, he was a child of the covenant God had made with His people. Try that on one of your bad days. You might get surprising results.
We have been baptized. Think about the implications of that statement.
God of love, I have be baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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