Chocolate dip or Jimmies?

So I was baptized today.  What does that have to do with MS?  Nothin' just wanted to talk about that for a minute.  I was sprinkled a long time ago in Columbus, Ohio.  My current church in Charlotte believes in believer's baptism and a full on under the water dunkin'.  I agree with all of that too and we have been at this church for 8 years.  I never really felt like I needed to go under until a few month ago.

I struggled with it a bit.  Well, I was baptized, right?  I made the outward proclamation already.  I have spent the past few years in a fight with God.  Fighting with God looks like this.  I rant and hit and scream and hold my breath and pout etc and God just smiles at me waiting for me to shut up so He can have His say.

Once I shut up and stop pouting he says, I forgive you.  Are you ready to come back and get in the game?

Then I feel all guilty and there is no way He could really forgive me cuz I just spent the past couple of years being all mad and what not.

Then He says, Yeah, I can take it.  I forgive you so you want to hang out and do life or what?

So finally I said alright.  I am back and if you are not going to get all mad and what not then here I am.

So I really started to feel like I needed to go under the water.  What's the big deal? you ask?  It is a physical representation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Under the water = His death and rising out of the water = His resurrection.

God explained it to me like this...When you go to Dairy Queen and get a cone which do you prefer, a sprinkle of Jimmies or a dip in the thick hot melty chocolate?  Chocolate dip of course!  That's all God wants.  He wants a little chocolate dip and hold the jimmies.

I really think that all major theological things should be explained through Dairy Queen metaphors.  I'll see if I can work out some other ones.

Anyway, It was great to be baptized.  i giggled through the whole thing.  Matt (my hubs) helped dunk me so that was wonderful.