The picture of me standing in the water has a lot of meaning and I will be sure to explain it on the blog. In the meantime, a short version (some of this may sound familiar):
On July 5th I was journaling and I heard a small still voice in my heart say, "The Pool of Siloam will be filled on September 5th." I wrote it down not sure what else to do with it. My best understanding at that time was the Lord was going to fill the historic spring downtown with water that day. After about a week I shared it with my pastor and he encouraged me to keep praying about what the Lord would have me do about it.
A few weeks later after 3 days of rain Gina & I went down to the spring to see if it was even possible for it to fill with water. We were surprised to see it was full of clear spring water that had come from the ground and was about knee deep. I didn't even stop and walked right out into the middle of it not caring I was still in my Sunday's best. Gina had her camera with her and she took the picture of me giving praise to God. It wasn't the date I had written down. That was still a month or so away.
It was around this same time that I was seeking baptism for the first time as an adult. These two things quickly started coming together. I asked the pastor how he'd feel about baptizing me in the spring. He agreed, I sent out invitations to about 200 people and we prayed believing that there would be enough water. It started raining that day and rained for the next 3 days. On Friday the rain had quit and about 20 people gathered at the spring and there was enough water.
I personally witnessed the spring fill 3 times last year. I've seen it full twice this year already. And there is more to the story but I promised you the short version for now.
- Wade Baker
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