A snippet from Forest's speech about Addison's baptism on Sunday...
"It
is a privilege to stand here before this church, friends, and family and to
celebrate the grace of God through the sacrament of baptism. My wife Amanda and
I wanted to baptize our daughter, Addison, to proclaim the faithfulness of God
in making a covenant with us and to our children. As we talked, studied, and
prayed about this day it is our conviction that Christ has promised to ingraft
her into himself, to cleanse her from all sin by his blood, and regenerate her
through the Holy Spirit. With today’s baptism we set her apart from the world
and admit her into the visible church to receive all the benefits that it gives.
Isaiah 12:1-3 is above our daughters crib. It speaks of joyously drawing water
from the wells of salvation found only in Christ. We as parents pale in comparison to the
shepherding love and care that Christ stands to give to Addison throughout her
life and this is our deepest comfort: that he a gracious Father and the
fountain of living water".
