Confirming the Confirmation

I'm getting confirmed at my church on Sunday. Confirmed can be such a big word though, open to interpretation, so I'm going to talk about what being confirmed means to me. Not only does it mean that I'm becoming a member of the church I've attended my entire life and the church my mom and aunts and uncles attended and my grandparents attended, but it's something much more exciting than that. To confirm something means to make it definite, to set it in stone if you will. I'm confirming that Jesus, the Savior who died for every one's sins, is indeed my savior and that I've accepted Him in my heart and will follow Him forever. This whole confirmation is more than a process, it is a journey, a new step in my faith, digging deeper into a relationship with the Lord. When I stand up there Sunday, scared out of my mind to be reading my personal statement with the eyes of the entire congregation on me and my fellow confirmands, I can be comforted by the fact that I'm making it official that my heart is committed to God, that He is happy that I have made the decision to follow Him and have faith in Him. It will be a day of celebration to be able to stand in front of my church and say "ya I AM a follower of God, I love Him, have faith in Him, and I choose to follow Him as long as I live...and then some"