COMMITMENT TO CHRIST—From
left: Brian Wilson, Richard Lane, Ron
Dailey, Mark Morris and Derek Gaddes.
[Photo by Katherine Carter]
ALTADENA, California—From his infancy, Mark Morris has faced challenges. Mark was born two months premature and has suffered from cerebral palsy all his life. Mark also suffers from myotonic dystrophy, which results in a loss of muscular control. The loss of muscular control has resulted in an inability to swallow—Mark now gets his food through a feeding tube.
Physical limitations? Yes. Spiritual limitations? No. In a testament to Mark’s incredible will and his love for God, Mark was baptized during church services at Community Life Fellowship June 26.
Mark’s friends Ron Dailey and Derek Gaddes carried him into the water while his friend Richard Lane baptized him and prayed over him. As the baptismal ceremony ended and Mark was carried back out of the water, it was hard to find a dry eye in the congregation.
Mark taught us all a lesson about courage and passion for Jesus. Mark’s friends (Ron, Derek and Richard) reminded us of the love we are to have for one another. And Jesus reminded us that a person is not whole who is whole on the outside, a person is whole who is whole on the inside.
COMMITMENT TO
CHRIST—From
left: Brian Wilson, Richard Lane, Ron
Dailey, Mark Morris and Derek Gaddes.
[Photo by Katherine Carter]
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