family ties

{the Husband's side of our family}

this was a very special day...

my new niece Dru was blessed about a month and a half ago at church.

for those non-mormon readers out there:

in the LDS faith, individuals are not baptized until they are 8 years old...

the age of accountability.

 babies, rather than being baptized, are given a very special blessing at church, typically by their father.

at 8, you know right from wrong, you can make choices for yourself.

you can CHOOSE to be baptized.

the LDS church believes strongly in agency, or the right for individuals to make choices for themselves...part of the learning and growing process.

i know many faiths disagree with this and feel that if you are not baptized before you die you go straight to...

well...you know.

but i disagree.

why would a loving Father in Heaven condemn children to that if they are not baptized?

what about the children who die during childbirth?

i know Heavenly Father is lookig after those children.

i know he cares more for us than to let that happen.

don't you?!