Giving God 5

Last month we dedicated Isabella at church. At our church we start the baby in the moms hands to introduce the child. We then transfer the baby to the dad to show that he is the head of the house. We then give the baby to the pastor to show that the baby really belongs to God and the church is to come along side us in teaching her about Him. It really is a neat picture.

I really wanted James to be just the dad and since he is the pastor of our church we waited until we had a guest preacher. It really worked out great because our guest preacher had dedicated our other two children when James was a youth pastor. Below is our commitment to Isabella and more importantly to God.

Believing that our daughter was given to us as a priceless treasure from the Lord, we are dedicating her back to our God, knowing that she belongs to Him. In acknowledging this, we are dedicating ourselves, as her parents, to raise her according to biblical standards and to do our best always to be Godly examples for her to observe all of the days that God would allow us to be together here on this earth. -James and Elizabeth