Alex's Baptism

Alex was baptized but there is so much more to this story. I am currently working on a scrapbook page to capture it all. I wrote a little about it here. He was baptized during the high school worship service. Up until the day, Alex insisted that I couldn't go because he would be "the only one in the history of our church to have his parents come to high school worship". ;-) I made all kinds of promises - I will not walk in with him, I will not draw attention to myself, I will NOT take pictures, I will hide in the back and never make a peep. I explained to him how much it meant to me to be able to be there and pray over him silently. He flat out refused. I made peace with this decision and accepted it. On the night of, I drove him to church and he surprised me by asking if I was going to stay! Go figure. So I sat by myself in the Starbucks Cafe (yes, our church has a Starbucks!) until it was time for the service. As I sat there, someone mentioned that there was a beautiful rainbow outside. When I went out to see it, it was the most vibrant, double rainbow I have ever seen in my life! Since I had promised not to take pictures and I never expected to be allowed to stay, I did not have my camera. But I ran outside and captured it with my cell phone.
I am sure that it was a sign - the angels in heaven were rejoicing along with me over my son's precious heart. As the service began, I noticed I was NOT the only parent in there. Three kids were baptized that night and I am sure that all of their parents were there, hiding in the back with me. During worship music, Alex texted me and asked where I was. He couldn't see me and he was actually looking for me! Another wonderful surprise - no matter how grown up he gets, he still needs his momma. :-) I will never forget watching him raise his hands in praise as we sang the most appropriate of all contemporary worship songs.

Found Love beyond all reason
You gave Your Life, Your all for me
Call me Yours forever

Caught in the mercy fallout
Found Hope, found Life,
found all i need
You´re all i need

The time has come
To stand for all we believe in
So i for One am gonna
give my praise to You

Today, today it´s all or nothing
All the way
The praise goes out to You
Yeah all the praise goes out to You

He couldn't see me, but I could see him, and I saw EVERYTHING beautiful about my child that night. I am in awe of my son's faithful spirit. Who would have thought I would learn such things from my own child.