Abby Marie: Dedication

This weekend was very special for me. I was dedicated. Mommy and Daddy had a little service and party at our house with our family and some friends from our church. It was really fun. I loved getting all dressed up. Both of my grandpas played a special role in the service. My grandpa John read some special versus for me and my Poppa said a few prayers for me. We took lots of pictures. Check 'em out!

Don't I look so cute in this dress.
I especially loved to play with the ribbons down the front!

I'm such a lucky girl.
My great-grandma and two of my great-grandpas were there.

Our close friend, Joe McDonald, did the service.
He's a pastor at our church.

This is a picture of my grandpa who read scripture.
He read Psalm 139: 1-18.
Then he read a special verse that Mommy and Daddy picked out just for me:
Psalm 25:4-5

Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

Then, Mr. Joe anointed me with oil!

Next, Poppa read a special prayer that Mommy and Daddy picked out for me.
The Prayer of St. Francis
(Mommy and Daddy added my name into it)

Lord, make Abby an instrument of Thy peace;

where there is hatred, let her sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that Abby may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that she'll receive,

it is in pardoning that she is pardoned,

and it is in dying that she will be born to Eternal Life.

After that prayer, Poppa said a prayer of his own.
It was so special what he said (some people even had tears).
When his prayer was done, everyone gathered around us and read some scripture together as a community prayer. It was Ephesians 3:14-21!