Those of you who read this blog on a
regular basis will know that I had a second baby recently and one of the side
effects of motherhood is a condition known as “baby brain”. This condition affects all mothers and is
characterized by a complete inability to remember anything.
In my 7 years of motherhood I have not known
this condition to reverse itself so my life revolves around constant list
making. My husband is on tenter hooks, fearing
my wrath lest he throw one out trying to be helpful cleaning up the paper
recycling bin known as our kitchen bench.
As soon as a new piece of information reaches my ear; a school trip, a
birthday party invite on the email, an appointment to book in next week, onto
the nearest list the item goes. As I get
around to completing the task it is crossed off and repeat. My life is a constant cycle of listing items,
doing said item and crossing it off.
I reckon lots of people in the church feel
that this is what the Christian’s life should look like. Read God’s “to do” lists; do said item, cross
it off, move onto the next item. This way of thinking can especially apply to His command for us to be baptized. Baptism is this strange ritual which we only
do once (or twice) in our life as a Christian and lets face it most of us do it
only because Jesus told us to. I
remember a sense of relief after being baptized that I had checked it off the
list of “God jobs” and now I could start on the next thing.
So the next time you’re sitting in a
baptism service don’t think “yep, done that, check! Let’s move on people!” but think of how your
sin was buried with Christ in His death and the promise of new life now and
after your death because of His resurrection.
Doesn’t that feel good?
see also: Adventures in Motherhood (AIM) part 1
see also: Adventures in Motherhood (AIM) part 1
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