My Child, Delight of My Life

The moment Jesus came up put of the baptismal water, the skies opened up and he saw God's Spirit --it looked like a dove --descending and landing on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: "This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life." (The Message)

Did this happen in my baptism? There is no report of a bird landing on my head, nor a voice from heaven. Did this happen in your baptism? And yet we were chosen, became a child of God, and were marked with the sign of the cross of Christ forever. Indeed we became "My Child, delight of My life". Do you feel the Holy Spirit moving within, around, and through you? Do you know and sense Christ walking beside you? Do you believe that "Abba" loves you?

Martin Luther is reported to have stated upon waking "I am baptized." I think that maybe we should have a sign made, that we could see upon waking, that states " This is my child, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life."