I come with great joy as I share an exciting event in my life today. I visit a Florida Department of Corrections unit in a local hospital on a regular basis. Today I came to a room and found the inmate reading his Bible. I cheerfully greeted him saying, You are reading a great book today. He looked up and asked if I were a minister. When I told him that I was he bursted into tears. He said he had been praying that a minister would come visit him. He is completely paralyzed and was just informed that his body was eaten up with cancer and he did not have long to live. He said he had been a Christian for three years and had not had been baptized. He knew he was headed for heaven but was concerned that he had not had a chance to be obedient to the Lords command to be baptized. I allowed him to tell of his experience of salvation and I saw fruits of his salvation through his testimony. So I had the wonderful opportunity to perform my first sprinkling baptism. A correctional officer who used to be a security officer at our church was with me. He got me a bowl of warm water. Then with tears of joy from the 3 of us I baptized the young man in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The officer said this was the most beautiful baptism he had ever witnessed. Through the years as a Florida DOC chaplain and baptizing hundreds of inmate men and women this baptism will be the one that will linger in my heart for the rest of my life. This young man will soon enter the gates of heaven with the joy of having been obedient to this command of our Lord. What a joy it was for me to have had this blessing in my life as well.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:44:23 +0000
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