soooooo... the wiccan pagan collective invited the Christians on campus to dinner for a dialogue on Monday. i think this is the first time in a long, long while (if not the first time ever) that both groups have shared a meal together and discussed spiritual matters. i am going, and actually, am really looking forward to the dinner.
i feel compelled to go, having once been wiccan and now Christian-- I dont know of anyone else in the fellowship who has walked both sides, though there is one who is currently walking both roads. this upcoming dinner is forcing me to think about what i have not though about in a long, long time... why did i become wiccan? what was it that drew me to it? what exactly made me consider Christianity, let alone pursue it? i know that i entered it through the new age movement, but in his mercy, God has allowed that part of my memory--those dark years-- to be taken away. now, i feel like i must open pandora's box and look inside, but Lord give me the strength to cling to you.
funny though, in a komisch sort of way-- some of the parts of the Bible that i am most fascinated by, that captive me the most, are the interactions between the wiccan/pagans and God's chosen people. like, at christmas, the magi (Matt 2) are my favorite part... yet they were astrologers (so. not. christian/Judaic.), and God used the stars (what they knew) to reveal himself and lead them to the Christ child. and in the old testament, the part with Saul and the witch of Endor (1. Sam 24:4-28). I just love that story, cuz here is Saul (once chosen by God, but since fallen away), a witch (hated by God and most definitely a part of the evil realm), and Samuel (deceased, but one of the big prophets and a priest), and although the witch calls forth Samuel from the dead, his answer and response to Saul only points towards the awesomness (for words fail me here) of the Lord. And then there's Balaam (Num 22:21-24:25)... a pagan/witch sort of fellow, bent on cursing God's people, but when God appears to him, he reconizes it and obeys him, blessing Israel instead. And all the stories in the New Testament of the demons and the demon-possessed recognizing Jesus before he had revealed himself.
Yes, the demons, the demon-possessed, the witches, the pagans will all, one day, recognize Christ and worship him for who he truly is. Come, Lord Jesus, come. I pray that you will be seen, be recognized at Monday's dinner.
i feel compelled to go, having once been wiccan and now Christian-- I dont know of anyone else in the fellowship who has walked both sides, though there is one who is currently walking both roads. this upcoming dinner is forcing me to think about what i have not though about in a long, long time... why did i become wiccan? what was it that drew me to it? what exactly made me consider Christianity, let alone pursue it? i know that i entered it through the new age movement, but in his mercy, God has allowed that part of my memory--those dark years-- to be taken away. now, i feel like i must open pandora's box and look inside, but Lord give me the strength to cling to you.
funny though, in a komisch sort of way-- some of the parts of the Bible that i am most fascinated by, that captive me the most, are the interactions between the wiccan/pagans and God's chosen people. like, at christmas, the magi (Matt 2) are my favorite part... yet they were astrologers (so. not. christian/Judaic.), and God used the stars (what they knew) to reveal himself and lead them to the Christ child. and in the old testament, the part with Saul and the witch of Endor (1. Sam 24:4-28). I just love that story, cuz here is Saul (once chosen by God, but since fallen away), a witch (hated by God and most definitely a part of the evil realm), and Samuel (deceased, but one of the big prophets and a priest), and although the witch calls forth Samuel from the dead, his answer and response to Saul only points towards the awesomness (for words fail me here) of the Lord. And then there's Balaam (Num 22:21-24:25)... a pagan/witch sort of fellow, bent on cursing God's people, but when God appears to him, he reconizes it and obeys him, blessing Israel instead. And all the stories in the New Testament of the demons and the demon-possessed recognizing Jesus before he had revealed himself.
Yes, the demons, the demon-possessed, the witches, the pagans will all, one day, recognize Christ and worship him for who he truly is. Come, Lord Jesus, come. I pray that you will be seen, be recognized at Monday's dinner.
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