Gemma is over 6 months old now and even before she was born, Jesse and I talked about whether or not we should have her dedicated and still haven't come to a decision.
Initially, it was a No. The idea of standing in front of hundreds of strangers and them "agreeing" to help us raise our kids in a Godly manner seemed odd.
Then, my mom's pastor (who is reformed presbyterian) suggested we get her baptized and gave us a lot of information on why we should. After much thought Jesse and I decided maybe we would do that, but my mom's pastor didn't want to do it. He wanted us to find our own reformed presbyterian church and get her baptized there. ... ..... so we went around searching for a reformed presbyterian church to call home... but eventually we came back to our alliance church, which we like very much. and of course at the alliance church, they don't do infant baptism.
So back to a dedication. Should we do it or not? Neither Jesse nor I have strong opinions on this and would love to hear from YOU. Perhaps we don't know enough about a dedication to make a decision. Can you help us?
Hey Grace! We had Eli dedicated when he was 4 months and for us it wasn't even about having the church support us in raising him it was more so us saying to God that we are going to be raising him in a Christian home, and dedicated to raising him in God's word and direction. We felt that it was important to take that stand more for ourselves and in obedience to God. We are actually no longer going to the same church that we had him dedicated in, but we feel that we were obedient in what God asked us to do. This may be a dumb question, but have you guys prayed about it to seek out what God would like you to do? Hope this helps somewhat!!
ReplyDeleteHey Grace! We did that same thing with Rocco. We dedicated him so that we are accountable not only to ourselves and God but to our family, church family and friends, that this is how we choose to raise him and we would like everyone's support. I definitely don't think it's something parents HAVE to do, but I do love having other people praying for my son and our family.
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