Baptism of Jesus

Sunday the 20th of Feb. at RC the lesson was on Jesus baptism. I used figures of people, pan of water, a little plastic dove, my deep voice to represent God saying, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. After this I told them these figures could be used to represent them being baptized. I put on some soaking music, song In the Cool of the Day, and after sometime some of the children started to get up and walk around the room, which is what the song talks about walking hand in hand with Jesus. The Lord reminded me that earlier when I was soaking in the room getting it ready for the children, that I would start to see different ways that the children would respond to His presence. After sometime one little girl came up to the water and wanted to be baptized. We talked again about what that meant. Then she put her figure in the water and started to pray, this figure was underwater for awhile as she prayed awhile. She was intent and I could see her countenance change. Then she lifted the figure up, and went and spent more time with the Lord soaking. Later a little boy came up and he was baptized too, but this time very quickly. I could tell also that he had been touched but in a different way. A few others just gathered around the water watching. I am learning to key into how each child is responding to the Lord's presence, and especially how some, you do not really see all, but you know they are having an encounter with the Lord.