Ella's Dedication

Just about 10 days ago now, on the weekend of Mother's Day, Amber and I took little Ella and publicly dedicated her life (while we are stewards of it) as a gift back to the Lord who gave her to us. More importantly, we dedicated ourselves to be, as her parents, the Christ-centered Guardians that God calls us to be. We pledged to raise Ella to know her Creator and Savior, so that when she is old, if she chooses to live her life without Christ, it will not be the result of ignorance as to what she is missing. Finally, we promised to model for Ella what it means to be a follower of Jesus, rather than just a believer, so that when she is old, she will have all the inertia we can give her to help her walk the same path.

It was so wondeful to have some family here to celebrate Ella's dedication with us, as Granny-T and Grandpa Ron drove up from Oklahoma for the weekend. Unfortunately, we were unable to get any pictures really showing off Ella in her dedication dress because soon after the ceremony, she . . . well, let's just say she had to go to her backup sleeper for the rest of the service. Luckily, though, it wasn't during the ceremony.