God was so real today... Yet again and again...

Really felt like crying...

Tho' it was a child dedication service... I just felt that God was so real to me... That He was trying to tell me something...

What does it mean by child dedication?
- Commiting your child back to the LORD, and give him/her into HIS hands... that HE can be the sole guardian who leads the way, who shows you how to lead your child into righteousness...
- Admitting to God that you cannot do it by your own strength, but you depend solely on HIM to lead your child...
- Giving your child back to God, making a commitment that you will teach your child to grow in Christian ways...

Indeed, it seems so easy... To me, I was sitting there thinking... Definitely I'll commit my child to the LORD when I have one, last week when I saw the announcement for child dedications in the church...

BUT today, I was sitting there thinking... "God it's not easy..."

It's not easy to... when I have a boyfriend to commit him to God... Let him serve faithfully without me by his side...

It's not easy for me to release my husband to serve the Lord...

It's even less easy for me to give my child to the Lord... Like Abraham did... in Genesis 22... when God commanded him to give him Isaac... He didn't ask. He didn't protest. He gave willingly... He was willing to burn his son.. because God asked...

I constantly ask myself... If God had asked me to do this, would I have done it...

My answer is "no"

So... child dedication is not that simple...

BUT I made that decision today...

That everything I have, everything I own... Everything I will have... My family, my relationships, my love life, my work, everything I have... I commit to God's hands...

This includes not fighting against his will for me...

:)


The Prayer

I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know

Let this be our prayer
As we go our way

Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che to dai
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore restero
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarchi che
When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’e
When shadows fill our day

Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe.

Sognamo un mondo senza piu violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternita
La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E’il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a se
Another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child
Needs to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe

E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salvera