<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=524471" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Baptism Of Terence</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">baptized by full immersion in water<br>three times in a tributary of a river <br>colloquially known as The Waimak</div><div style="margin:10px 0">rural countryside of the Canterbury plains<br>under a blue sky with golden beams of light<br>shining down mild afternoon sun blesses</div><div style="margin:10px 0">slanting through cold flowing water<br>like a living golden mystic mantel<br>light shimmers through living water</div><div style="margin:10px 0">baptized after a period of 24 hours <br>fasting neither eating nor drinking<br>in solitude solo prayer meditating </div><div style="margin:10px 0">praying reading any passages <br>of the Bible I chose preparing <br>seeing no one sleeping fasting</div><div style="margin:10px 0">step into Waimakariri River<br>river of cold rushing water<br>braided wide shingle beds</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the hand of God is upon the baptized<br>it is God’s will his people be baptized<br>chosen accepting Christ are baptized</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jesus Christ by John was baptized <br>in Aramaic into Messianic Judaism<br>you into Christian denominations</div><div style="margin:10px 0">one sinner former atheist baptized<br>one raised in Jesus Christ baptized<br>believe affirm in faith living beliefs </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terence+George+Craddock">Terence George Craddock</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=524471" data-title="Baptism Of Terence de Terence George Craddock" data-description="baptized by full immersion in water three times in a tributary of a river colloquially known as The Waimak rural countryside of the Canterbury plains under a blue sky with golden beams of light shining down mild afternoon sun blesses slanting t..."></div> </div> </div>

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