Monday, July 17, 2006,7/17/2006 11:29:00 AM
a work in progress



This is a work in progress. I will be adding and editing over the next wee bit. Any suggestions feel free... Please note though this is a very rough draft

What do modern witches need.....
Apart from Jesus? Thats a given.

I'm often asked, why I appear to be advocating for witches. That is, why do I stick up for them. Jesus came to heal the broken hearted. He came to proclaim liberty to the captives, to give sight to the blind, and to set at liberty the oppressed. He also said we were supposed to feed the hungry, cover the naked and visit those in prison.

Witches and pagans, as much as they will try to deny it, they are hurt and broken people, who are held captive in a prison they can not see taste hear or touch. Another one of the commandments Jesus gave was "to love the lord your God with all your heart mind and soul, and secondly loving your neighbour as yourself". I dont see who heaping judgement and condemnation on a witch, for being hurt and broken, is the same as loving my neighbour as I love myself.

When I was a practicing witch, the christians who had the most powerful impact on me, were the ones who preached the gospel through every action. They occasionally used words, but only when necessary.

These people gave me space to be me,


One of the reasons I got into witchcraft, was that I had been badly burned by people claiming to be christian. Also when I sort answers for some of my circumstances, I got a whole host of patronising answers about how it was all part of Gods plan and God had a purpose... No one was able to let it rest at "I dont know" and give me space to rant...

So anyway, what about modern day witches. Do they dress in black and fly around on broomsticks? is Harry Potter even close to the actual reality of modern day witchcraft?

While I was someone who like to dress in black, on occasion, I didnt look much different to the people around me. The only difference was a pentacle I used to wear on a long chain.

what helped me when I came to Christ?

People giving me space, to work through issues, it was difficult to be dealing with the fact that I had gone from a path that was based on relativism as in "so long as you dont cause harm to anyone", to a path that now had a set of moral absolutes. There was some pretty big changes to get used to.
 
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