My Baptismal Prayer

By Carole Gray

Now that I’m eight

And have decided to take

The name of Jesus upon me,

I promise that I

Will be reverent and try

Very hard to be more like Thee.

Dear Heavenly Father,

How thoughtful of Thee

To give for my birthday

Forgiveness to me.

I’m now at the age

When I know right from wrong,

And I pray that Thou wilt always

Help me along.

The way, so I’m told,

Will sometimes be hard.

I’ll make some mistakes, probably,

But with Thee as my leader,

My strength, and my guard,

The way will be better for me.

In closing, dear Father,

I’d just like to say,

I thank Thee for my

Baptism this day.

Illustrated by Janae S. Westhoff