We got rain yesterday. The start of December in Wisconsin and we got rain, not snow, but rain.
Okay, I am tired of rain. I would rather have snow this time of year. I like to ski, to make snowmen with the girls and make forts to have snowball fights in. Yes, I am still a kid at heart.
But we got rain, and the rain got me thinking about water as a whole.
Water is life-giving in so many ways. Water gives life to crops, quenches our thirst, and helps all of creation to grow.
And, in baptism, water and the Word is where new life is born in each of us.
This week we hear from John the Baptist for the first of two weeks. This week he is out in the River Jordan teaching, preaching, and baptizing. He is preparing the way for the Christ. He is messenger that new life is coming, and caming to each and every one of us.
So on this Sunday I would invite you to reflect on what it means to have new life in your life. If you have been baptized, what does that mean to you? If you have not, then what questions do you have about it?
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