The month of August was brought to an end with a beautiful celebration of our sweet Blakely's Christian Dedication.
On Sunday August 25th, 2013 Noah and I stood before our beloved church family; while surrounded by family; and formally dedicated our dear baby girl to God. It was a wonderful day filled with love, laughter, lots of family, and even some tears (shed by the Mommy!)
Noah and I have an overwhelming amount of gratitude to our family and church friends who affirmed our promise to raise Blakely in the love of Christ by promising to do the same.
Prior to the actual day, Pastor Cara (our church's children's pastor) sat down with us and walked us through what the dedication would look like. She told us that she would like us to share a blessing for Blakely.
Noah and I discussed a few things. 1. That I would be the one to speak (if you know my husband at all you know that he is very quiet in big crowds) and 2. We wanted to find a verse to claim for Blakely's life, based on a song by the group Shane and Shane that I found when I was pregnant.
The song is sung from the perspective of a father to his daughter and is about how no matter how much the father wants to be his daughter's everything and provide for her every need, that it is impossible, he will let her down sometime. BUT...there is one who she should put her trust in, one that will never let her down (GOD).
Listen to the song "The One You Need" by Shane and Shane here!
This is the verse we found to claim for our sweet baby girl.
This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
Psalms 91:2
It is our hope and prayers that Blakely, from an early age comes to find her sole refuge, place of safety and trust in God and God alone!
Blakely did great during the dedication. She was calm, cool and collective. We prayed for a long time that she wouldn't poop, throw up, or cry during the service and she didn't! However, her momma struggled with the not crying part. In fact I was barely able to make it through the blessing. I heard a sweet old man in a congregation even say "Help her Jesus!"
It was a beautiful day, specially set aside to acknowledge and honor the sweet gift God gave us in Blakely Mae Wells and the responsibility we have as Christians who come in contact with Blakely to model and teach the love of Christ to her.
After the service we had close friends and family over for dinner as a thank you for the important role they all do and will play in our baby girl's life!
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| Terry, Donella, Melissa, Kristi Miller. Nathan/Angie, Whitney Wells. Gene/Gail Wells. Don/Lois, Eric Perrigo and Kaitlyn Kalproth. Ryan/Karissa Sullivan. Kim, Michael, Vincent, Trinity Wulf. |
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| Momma couldn't hold it together. |
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| Blakely was very focused on Pastor Jason and every word he said :) |
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| Blakely says "Hi" to her church family. |
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