Having to edit down my sermon this morning.
Sad that I won't be able to fit this quotation in, because I think it is a wonderful source of reflection.
T.F. Torrence wrote, "In baptism, the end is given to us in the beginning."
Faith. Forgiveness of sin. Faithfulness to the work of the Kingdom. That is the "happily ever after" of the Christian story. Perhaps you know it by its simpler name: salvation.
In baptism, we are given the end of the story so that each day of our lives -- from our first "Jesus Loves Me" to aged hands clasped in prayer -- we might write another page. another paragraph. another chapter. In baptism, we come to know the end of the story so that we might never doubt we have a meaningful part to play in its unfolding.
Thanks be to God.
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