Baptism in 2015

Originally posted on December 31, 2020

Author: Monica Robles-Lopez

Finding Joy in Faith – this was shared on my social media pages in August 2015, when I was baptized for the second time in my life.

After we reconciled our marriage in late 2013, it had been on my heart to be baptized again. Even though I did it at the age of 8 years, I felt that so much has happened in my life that it has even more meaning now that I have recommitted my life to Christ. I really wanted to do this together for our anniversary last September 2014, but it just didn’t feel like the time was right, and I didn’t want to pressure Danny. Then a couple of months ago, I decided that I was going to do this, with or without Danny, no matter what. I felt that I needed to do this for myself between me and God. God gave me confirmation of my decision by opening the perfect doors, my dear friend and mentor, Allison. She had just recently moved into a home with a swimming pool. When she told me about it, I knew this was the right time, and she was the perfect person. When I told her of my desire to be baptized in her pool, she shared that she had been praying that her home would be used for ministry, specifically baptisms. So I knew in my heart, THIS WAS IT!! I only had one piece missing, and that was for Danny to say he wanted to do it too. But I was okay with doing it alone. Well just last week, Danny shared with me that he was ready to be baptized too. So we put this together with a very small amount of immediate family and close friends who we felt had been there for us through the darkest of times and now the best of times. Being baptized isn’t our ticket to heaven, and it surely doesn’t mean that we’re going to do everything right from this moment on. But it was a symbolic event for us that represents that the old has been made new….we have died to ourselves and put the past behind us, and we have been raised with Christ to live a new life together. We are so excited for this new chapter in our lives and to see the plans that God has for us. Thank you to each one of you who were present for this very special day in our lives!!