can somebody tell me exactly how i should feel about baptism class?
am i suppose to feel excited?
happy?
ecstatic about it?
because i don't
i feel indifferent about it
i decided to get baptised because one sunday during cell group yi ming korkor said
"why are you not baptized? you should get baptized, there's no reason not to get baptized right?"
and so i ask dawn the jia en
"want to get baptized this christmas?"
and she said ok and so we signed up
at first, i was quite happy i was gonna get baptized.
but when i went for my first baptism class
my mind was "why am i here?"
and of course pastor gave the model answer
"because you want to tell the whole world you are a christian. and you believe in God that Jesus saved you from your sins."
great.
i knew that since i was 5 years old
so whats new?
so i went through the 1st to 3rd baptism class
and its a model answer class
everything is in model answer form
there's no argument to why baptist only take holy communion after baptism. so if you are not baptized you don't take holy communion because you haven't shown the world you are saved
and so... i have to show the world i'm saved before i can partake in the hloy communion.
ok...
honestly
i still don't quite understand why i must SHOW THE WORLD
SHOW THE WORLD
i get baptized because God said to declare my faith to all the people and i have no arguments on that
but Pastor said "i don't know if you are a christian yet so cannot take holy communion" (not exactly word for word... and i was like.
why you must know for what? God knows can liow what.
then he was like "ya la ya la, God knows can already... .... ... .... ..... but we don't know what"
and i was like "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ASKING ME BACK TO SAME QUESTION I ASKED YOU!?!?!?!?!?!!"
and who are we human beings to judge another human being on their faith in the Lord?
i thought only God can judge who really believes in Him?
I believe i have these questions because i'm not close with the Lord.
I am not sensitive to Him and i've not been reading the bible.
but yet again, i feel like i'm close to God simply because I can feel His love and mercy everywhere i go
when i say everywhere i go meaning
EVERY STEP OF THE DAY
i walk in and out of the kitchen, to my room, to play with mao mao
i can feel God's blessing and mercy on me.
His guidance and presence is everywhere
so whats wrong with me?
is it a lack of sleep?
if everything had a model answer...
what are we living for?
and during baptism class
pastor brought up the fact church is a family
so why are our brothers and sisters leaving this family like water running from a tap?
what's wrong with our family?
how come there are unresolved hatred within our family
that seems to exist but doesn't surface
i'm baffled
why am i signing up to get baptized, to join the cherith family..
the cherith family with members running away like tap water?
i don't understand
who understands please raise your hand and answer my question now.
the reason i stay in cherith and decided to get baptized is because i see the younger generation growing up closely knit and happy together. when i hang out with the kids i feel like i'm making up for all the lost time i had in TF when i HATED HATED ABHOR ED BEING IN CHURCH.
i will tell my teacher that i need a piece of tissue and run off to the opposite side and never appear again.
so, why should i join cherith when i hate it so much? but yet like it at the same time?
whats going on?
i don't know.
the boy with mature tastes
4 months ago









