Last Sunday our family along with 2 other families participated in a baby/family dedication at Southcliff. This is just a promise to the church and the church to us that we will partner together to raise Seth in a Christ-like manner and teach him the Word of God. This is not salvific (since he doesn't know he's a sinner yet), just a public committment on our part to point him in the right direction toward salvation one day, Lord willing!
Usually at the end Dr. Marr (our pastor) picks a baby to hold while he prays. We knew ahead of time that he was going to pick Seth ( I guess because Spencer is on staff). But Seth is really shy and scared of new people and will usually cry if we hand him off to someone he doesn't know, so we were a little nervous about Dr Marr's plan to hold Seth. Dr. Marr was smart though and brought car keys to hand to Seth to distract him and play with while he prayed. SUCCESS!!! No crying or fussing of any kind came from our baby!!! Another litttle wrinkle in the whole day was that he was completely off schedule due to the timing of the dedication (a nap was cut short and he stayed up way too long). But he was a such a trooper and napped really well that afternoon!!! We were so thankful that my family and Spencer's family were able to make the trip! (but Seth missed his Uncle Stew and Aunt K, Malissa, Nicole and Hunter!!) But he did get to see Gran, Pop, GG, Gamie, Papaw, Uncle Steve and Aunt JuJu (Julie)!!! We are so blessed to have such a godly family!
Usually at the end Dr. Marr (our pastor) picks a baby to hold while he prays. We knew ahead of time that he was going to pick Seth ( I guess because Spencer is on staff). But Seth is really shy and scared of new people and will usually cry if we hand him off to someone he doesn't know, so we were a little nervous about Dr Marr's plan to hold Seth. Dr. Marr was smart though and brought car keys to hand to Seth to distract him and play with while he prayed. SUCCESS!!! No crying or fussing of any kind came from our baby!!! Another litttle wrinkle in the whole day was that he was completely off schedule due to the timing of the dedication (a nap was cut short and he stayed up way too long). But he was a such a trooper and napped really well that afternoon!!! We were so thankful that my family and Spencer's family were able to make the trip! (but Seth missed his Uncle Stew and Aunt K, Malissa, Nicole and Hunter!!) But he did get to see Gran, Pop, GG, Gamie, Papaw, Uncle Steve and Aunt JuJu (Julie)!!! We are so blessed to have such a godly family!
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