Sunday, April 26, 2009, our beautiful baby boy, "Blue", was dedicated to the Lord. I have been excited about gatherings before, but this one was different. I get excited about the kids birthdays, cocktail gatherings, and hosting Easter at our house, annually. This was a different excitement. This was a proud excitement. I was so excited to share our church with family and friends that had never attended.
I know asking people to be at Church on a Sunday morning at 9:30 am is early. Only 5 of the 25 people we invited are regular "church go-ers". I knew there would be some last minute phone calls I would receive before we left the house of people backing out. I just knew I would receive about 3 more text messages on the way to the church of more people backing out. Hey, Lesley, have a little faith, right? I did receive one phone call from a friend that would not be able to make it to the church because a death of a family friend. Obviously, I was not upset at all and completely understood their absence.
So, on the way to the Church, we are on the beltway about to exit and I hear my text message alert go off. It is about 9:10 am at this time. Before I even read the message, I said, " who is this backing out?" Much to my surprise, it was Ellen asking me if we were already at the Church because they were! How heart warming is that?!?! Ellen, her husband and her 3 girls were sitting in the Church parking lot waiting for us, with the guest of honor, to arrive.
We got out of our car, ran in to some others in the parking lot and then all walked in together. When we got inside the Church my Mom's whole family was already sitting on the front row. Cici and her love were already sitting in the congregation as well. Do you get this feeling, do you get this excitement? I was elated. We had 4 rows of family and friends there to see our baby be Dedicated. What else in this world is important? At that very moment, NOTHING! I was where I was supposed to be, I was with the people I loved more than anything in this world. My heart was over flowing with emotion.
I feel like I need to pause the story. I need to give this glory to God. I need to stop and praise God, first for the baby boy that we are here celebrating today, and secondly for the friends and family that cared enough about us to be there to witness this blessed event. If it weren't for you Lord, none of this would be possible. Thank you!
We began with Praise and Worship. I absolutely loved the song choices, the sermon was BOLD and AMAZING, and the Dedication itself was indescribable.
We were called to the stage. I was holding "Pink" while Pastor Ed was holding "Blue". Aaron was standing there with this distinct look on his face the whole time. Here is the "look", below. I promise, he was happy to be there, maybe just a little tired. Ha!
"Pink" did a great job on the stage, overall. She was a little curious and wandered back and forth. We tried to let her do her thing so we could concentrate on "Blue". She was all over the place, she had to check it all out. Here she is after she went over to check out the instruments.
We were on the stage for a total of maybe 5 minutes. It was all such a blur. I want to say that I remember everything he said but if I did, I would be lying. It was like that brief moment after you have a baby and you can't remember a thing about the labor. I know we talked about what a blessing he was and I know we talked about him coming and praying over us when we were in the hospital. I will be very excited to receive the DVD of the service so I can watch it and really take it all in. Here are a couple more pictures from the event I would like to share.
I particularly love this last picture because although I talk about how faithful our family is, in this picture you can actually see it.
We thank everyone who shared in this event with us, and we thank Pastor Ed for performing this Dedication. I will sleep better at night knowing both of my children have been dedicated to the Lord. Their mind, body, and soul are given to you Lord and I pray that you lead them in every step they make. I pray that you put your hand over their minds in every decision they make. Most of all, I pray that as a family we never stop walking in Faith knowing you are present with us, always and forever.
See you tomorrow, Toodles!
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