I'm so thankful Brian agreed to do my baptism. He was absolutely wonderful about the entire thing. I know I had some unusual elements to the event, but he let me do what I needed to do to make this special.
He actually opened up the evening by explaining a little bit about what was going to take place.
Then he turned it over to me to explain whatever I wanted to say. It's a good thing I'd mostly written it down in the booklets I gave to everyone there, because I turned into a blubbering mess of tears trying to talk.
Case in point.
Listening to Brent's song...the words to that song are so beautiful. (I tried to find it on YouTube, but the closest I could come was a clip in the sneak peek to the album. It's the third song in the lineup if you want to hear a tiny clip.)
So won't You use my life for greater things than I could ever dream of...Grant a passion, Lord, a never dying flame...and may my days be spent in serving You...in sharing You...giving glory to Your Name!
Brian joined me in the water after I threw the stones and he prayed for me. That water felt amazing.
And here it goes...
Utter relief. There's a new GVB song (I'll post a link tomorrow) called Clean. This picture captures that song the best, I think - There was something bout the water...there was power in the blood...for the first time in my life I felt clean.
Another favorite moment of the night.
My parents went to the Holy Land several years ago and brought back some water from the Jordan River. I asked if I could use some of it in the baptism, and they said yes. So after I was baptized the traditional way, Brian poured the Jordan water over me. That was an amazing feeling.
I kind of didn't want to get out of the water. It felt really good in there!
Moment with Brian after the baptism.
Thank you, Brian!!
It was a perfect night. The weather was gorgeous - slight breeze, but not an annoying wind, warm temperature, warm water, beautiful sun. God certainly blessed me with that and I was grateful. 
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