(Confession: my wonderful wife wrote this entry about Maggie Beth's dedication nearly a month ago (Aug. 20) and I have just now (Sept. 17) uploaded the pictures from that Sunday to post with it. I would like to have some good excuse besides "we were busy" but there really isn't one. Thanks for being patient.)
Our little Maggie Beth was dedicated on Sunday. We hated to wait until she was almost 9 months to do it (not to mention having outgrown both mine and Daniel's old Christening outfits), but we wanted Stonebridge to be in their new building. She was precious and we were really blessed by our family and church family that were there.
Daniel spoke a word over her (partly inspired by a post on Annie Downs' blog) from Zephaniah: "The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." Maggie Beth truly is a delight.
Daniel also felt like the Lord was saying that even though she may be expected to follow her big sister, that she will be a follower of the Lord and that, like Andrew, she will lead by following. The congregation also spoke out words for her that included: joy, faith, confidence in Christ, daughter of Christ. This was the first baby dedication for Stonebridge and we are so blessed to be a part of such a wonderful body of Christ.
6 comments to Delightful Dedication:
So sweet - yay Stonebridge.
Beautiful.
Hooray! We have been singing that Zephaniah song (from the Glory Revealed CD) to Sam since he was about a month old, too! Isn't it amazing how having a baby makes you understand delighting in and rejoicing over someone even more?! Yall delight in MB not for anything she's done or contributed to your lives, but simply because you adore her. Wow.
:-)
Where have you gone? You Abbey girls are killin' me with no blogging!!
Post!! Post!!! Post!!!
Your pastor is a snappy dresser...
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