A thought on adoption as we celebrate on January 12, 2014 a special Feast

Here is a thought ...or best said  here are some momentary thoughts....

This Sunday (Jan 12, 2014)  the Church Universal celebrates the Baptism of the Lord (baptism of Jesus Christ by St.John the Baptist :) Now.....the teaching is that ...by baptism (immersion in the Waters) one dies to sin and through the raising (through the waters)one is brought into a new life, by the power of the Holy Spirit in that Sacrament(of Baptism). Being baptized means you are anew and are entering the big family of Christianity. You are becoming  a new member, and an adopted child of God and then you live in that family.......After baptism a lot of things might go wrong...and that's okay.. Thought about this for a while .....and as a parallelism  this could be helpful...Think of an orphan who is in his teens......who is finally adopted by a great family.....the orphan becomes  a child with parents and is loved dearly.......the orphan, though, is not necessarily fully integrated in the family for some time.....he/she gets to know the family, receives love, yet is not able to give back similar love.... until later in life....when he "gets" it...but the fundamental change took place at adoption.... That child is part of that family for good and is legally part of that family. The same thing with those people who enter the Church through Baptism, it is the first step, but the most important one, towards being saved, through the Grace of God.... So how does this thought sounds....Do you want to get baptized :-)?  Think about it! It is about God's unending love...!
Happy the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord.

MM