This past November we were reading Revelation 21 for school. After reading about the Lamb's Book of Life, Sydney asked whose names would be in that book. I explained that she already knew... Believers. Those people who trust that Christ's payment on the cross was enough to cover their sin and because of that want to follow Him.
Her eyes instantly filled up with tears. I asked her why she was crying and she said she was just thankful that "was it." It was as if she'd just heard the Gospel for the very first time.
Later that morning Sydney asked to speak to me privately. She said she wanted to get baptized. I had her write this all down so she wouldn't forget what she was really thinking, hearing, and feeling in that moment.
Her last sentence was my favorite, "Because Saten had a grip on us and Jesus brook it."
Amen.
We have since seen the fruit of the Holy Spirit in her life - convicting, moving her to repentance.
Today we were able to celebrate with her as she told the world that She. Is. His.
Here is our amateur footage:
This is the video interview she did for the baptism (Sydney's near the end):
