I was honored to attend the baptism of a little girl last fall. Her father is a friend of mine and I was asked to attend this intense family event. Yes, intense.
The little girl was being baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church. And unlike a baptism for adults, or a baptism for newborns in most churches, the Greek Orthodox Church performs what amounts to an exorcism before the child is baptized.
And that makes good sense from a logical point of view. After all, the child has been in the world for some time and the opportunity for possession and evil to work into their souls is not something that is easily dismissed by some members of the Christian world.
Perhaps that’s something we all need to incorporate into our daily lives – a little exorcism. Would it not be a good start to the day to cast out Satan? Start our days, our lives, fresh and clean – ready for The Holy Spirit each and every day?
I’m going to give it a bit of a whirl this month. Will you cast Satan out? Will you recommit each day to God?
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