Dedication

Today (Sunday), we are dedicating our son Mnara to the Lord in church, in the the presence of many witnesses to affirm that we are committed to raising him up in the ways of the Lord. This will take place during the church  family service but beyond this public confession and undertaking, we have taken time as parents to dedicate him to the Lord. We have done this with all the children as soon as they are born (not in the delivery room tho......mostly at home when Mum and child are released form Hospital!). My husband and I allocate time to specifically take hold of the child and pray over them, their lives and we dedicate them to the Lord as we praise Him for giving them to us. When led to do so, we anoint them with oil as a symbol that they belong to God and no other. We consider this an act of worship and acknowledgement that these children are a gift from God and we are just but stewards entrusted with the divine mandate of raising them up as a godly offspring for His Kingdom and purpose. So we are all looking  forward to the formal dedication of Mnara in church this morning, not to fulfill a religious responsibility/ obligation but to publicly say our vows and commitment to this undertaking  of godly parenting and confirm what we already believe in.
I pray you have a blessed day. Remember that God is not a God of Sunday but a God of Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat and any other day you may have in your week! We praise Him!