Rejoicing in God’s gift of baptism
At our Lutheran Home, we have the great privilege of carrying out this command Jesus gave to His church to disciple and teach those who come to our Home. We also on occasion have the opportunity to baptize people as Jesus commanded if they have never been baptized and desire that it be done after some instruction. In that vein, I share the good news that one of our residents, named Bob Dietz, was recently baptized at our Home.
Bob has been a resident of our Lutheran Home since January 29, 2008. Until recently, Bob would not attend our church at the Home, however it was not for lack of invitation. Pastor Pannier had shared the Gospel with him and encouraged him to come to church, but to no avail. I encouraged him to come to join us for church for many months, but to no avail. Finally, by the Lord working through those many invitations and through the encouragement of some of his friends at the Lutheran Home, Bob decided to come to church one day. In his own words, “he liked it”, and began to consistently come. It was then through one of our conversations that I found out Bob had never been baptized. Finally, after some time of encouragement and conversations, Bob said he wanted to be baptized.
Therefore, we rejoice in the mercy of our Lord as on February 26, 2012 Bob Dietz was brought into God’s family through baptism in our chapel.
