Post 14

Megan
Christian in the world-6
November 29, 2012

1. It seems as though even though the young woman was some kind of prostitute with no father or anything, the only gift that the woman could give the young girl was the gift of the Lord, and baptism. Dispite the feeling the woman had for the girl, she was able to love her, and the baby, and through this, the reader understand that the gifts in the sacrament of Baptism are those of loving those whom it is most difficult to love.
2. She could possibly mean that she saved him from a life without the Lord. One can not enter in the lord without Baptism, and because she baptized him, he can be saved from his sins when the coming of Jesus occurs. She did not physically save him per say, she started him on the path to be saved. and Maybe in the process she saved the young girl as well.
3.The journey in the story is meant to symbolize the journey to being saved and being baptized and loved by God along the way. It is very difficult to understand and fathom a real "journey" when it comes to being Baptized, however, there really is a long journey that is involved, in which one must prepare their hearts and minds for the coming of the holy spirit and Christ in the sacrament of Baptism.