We have talked about the Sea of Chaos and the River of Life, perhaps when we view baptism this way, we should think of it as the Water of Transformation.
Yay, Andy! This was beautiful! Amy Carmichael used to say, "See in it a chance to die" for this same reason. I finished a book about Bonhoffer recently and wept at the end. Did you ever read his dream Jesus gave him? Here he was ,still fraught with doubts, and Jesus shows him his "death", as he walks into the water, goes down down down, yet ist is really up, and above him, upon the water walking, is Jesus reaching to pull him out to himself at last! Bonhoffer's peace was incredible after that!
It's so good to see a new post. Keep them coming.
Great exposition
This is such incredible insight. Thank you for this!
Yay, Andy! This was beautiful! Amy Carmichael used to say, "See in it a chance to die" for this same reason. I finished a book about Bonhoffer recently and wept at the end. Did you ever read his dream Jesus gave him? Here he was ,still fraught with doubts, and Jesus shows him his "death", as he walks into the water, goes down down down, yet ist is really up, and above him, upon the water walking, is Jesus reaching to pull him out to himself at last! Bonhoffer's peace was incredible after that!