September 17, 2006

The water awaits my entry

my personal Rubicon

its surface far more than a merely placid beauty

it is the demarcation between

dying to self

and

living in Christ

and I enter to those wond'rous words

“I baptize you in the name

of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit”

and I join in His death

as He Himself has died

and I return to His life

as He Himself is alive

and find myself

a new made man