Today is the first time my wife and I celebrating Christmas at my church in Singapore at least in the last five years. In 2013, we went to Semarang and was only back in 25 December in the afternoon. We were in Taiwan in 2014, in Vietnam in 2015, in the US in 2016, and in Japan in 2017 during Christmas. The reason we stay in Singapore is that today is the day our child is baptised.
Thank God for today where things went well. Our little P managed to do what is needed before we go to church and had a quick nap before the baptism session. She did not cry during baptism and cheekily hold the Reverend’s hand who touched her head. The service itself was packed with people that even the empty choir songs facing the congregation was used. I was carelessly saying that I prefer to celebrate Christmas overseas than in Singapore. This is as if I can control life while the fact that I can join today’s session was God’s significant gift as I had a heat stroke two weeks ago.
From today’s baptism, I also learned several things. First, I learned to take a stance that child baptism is needed on the basis that it is the parents’ faith that the child is baptised. Second, I made several vows today: the acceptance of the belief and meaning of baptism, the commitment to teach our child in God’s way, and the commitment to be a right example for the child in both spiritual and daily life.
It is also a good day where I could take a two-hour nap thanks to my wife taking care of our child that our child could also sleep for one hour. My wife also spent time to cook special Christmas steak dinner that I enjoyed. May God help me not to take things for granted and be thankful of His gift of family and precious time.
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