Intro

We named our blog “Raising Mustard Seeds” after the famous parable in Matthew’s Gospel. We had some mustard seeds of our own laying dormant in our hearts, and finally, the year before our marriage, we began to let those seeds grow. Our journey with Christ hasn’t always been easy, but it has bore more fruit than we could possibly imagine. And through the mustard seeds He planted in our hearts, He opened them to receive little mustard seeds of our own…

While Jesus in this parable is talking about how faith and our relationship with God should grow from something very small to something mighty and powerful, it’s applicable to our children as well. It is our hope that through prayer and proper parenting, our children will grow from small and helpless (tiny mustard seeds) to being mighty in Christ, so that they will be shining lights in the world and people will come to “dwell in the branches” of their faith.

So, this is our little space in the big internet where we will share our most likely crazy experiences as we start our family and we hope those who are close to us will enjoy laughing at us and with us, and maybe even learn something new :)

Friday, February 8, 2013

Gianna's Getting Baptized!

Saturday at noon, Gianna gets baptized! We are so excited that our daughter gets to begin her life in Christ, and she's not even 3 weeks old! I'm calling it a "shotgun" Baptism because we totally forgot that you can't baptize during Lent, so it's really last minute! We're very lucky that our priest, Father Braun, was able to squeeze her in on his lunch break :-)

Scripture speaks often of God's love for children and His desire that they should be washed of the mark of original sin that they may be assured of spending eternity with Him. Jesus, who was and is God, loved children, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." (Matthew 19:14)


The Apostles shared the same love of children and God's desire to have them baptized in His name. In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, St. Peter says “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call." (Acts 2:38-39). And St. Paul later proclaims "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved.' So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house....then he and all his family were baptized at once.' (Acts 16:31-33).

Thank God for the gift of baptism!
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