{"id":2351,"date":"2013-10-15T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omily.me\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2013-10-15T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T14:06:42","slug":"baptism-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omily.me\/en\/baptism-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"A baptism gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every time I open my bible, which I try to do daily, I see this note:<\/p>\n

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\nIt’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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For those of you who can’t read Dutch, I shall very kindly translate:<\/p>\n

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“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”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My grandparents don’t believe what I believe. But they support me in believing it and hope my bible is a daily<\/em> reminder of them. There have been times where it was the only reason I did open my bible.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

This post is part of my 31 days series ‘More like My Father’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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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.?<\/em><\/p>\n

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To go to the series page for links to the other posts, click?here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"MoreLikeMyFather\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Every time I open my bible, which I try to do daily, I see this note:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For those of you who can’t read Dutch, I shall very kindly translate:<\/p>\n

“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”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

And even now, although I open it to meet my Father, ?and hear […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,115,47],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA baptism giftEen doop kado - Omily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A baptism giftEen doop kado - Omily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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