Every time I open my bible, which I try to do daily, I see this note:
It’s a message my grandparents gave me along with the bible. They sent this bible to me when I was baptized. We were living in Minnesota at the time, so they couldn’t be there.
They wrapped it up and taped a note to it and sent it over. But I loved it so much, and I wanted to be reminded of who I got it from and see the precious message inside each and every time I open my bible, I glued it in.
For those of you who can’t read Dutch, I shall very kindly translate:
“Congratulations to Naomi with her baptism. May this Bible be a daily reminder of your grandpa and grandma in Belgium who love you very much”
My grandparents don’t believe what I believe. But they support me in believing it and hope my bible is a daily reminder of them. There have been times where it was the only reason I did open my bible.
And even now, although I open it to meet my Father, ?and hear His voice, it doesn’t happen very often that I don’t read this before closing my Bible.
This post is part of my 31 days series ‘More like My Father’.
The series has stories?in which people of all kinds of backgrounds share how they got to know the Lord, and how He can change our life.?
To go to the series page for links to the other posts, click?here
I can read Dutch a bit because my parents are both from Netherlands. But I’d be lost if it weren’t for your translation. Anyway, I have been looking for baptism gifts that’s why I cam across your site. I was also looking at some other gift ideas at this site called Churchgoers.com. What do you think?