One of the complaints that I have heard from people about my path is that there is a Wiccan belief that the Divine resides in us all. Many Christians will tell me how it is sacrilegious to believe that the Spirit of God resides within each of us. How untrue this is! The Bible gives many references to the Holy Spirit living within each of us.
I am reminded of an old song that I was taught in Sunday School when I was growing up, the refrain of which is:
The Church is not a building
The Church is not a steeple
The Church is not a resting place
The Church is the people
Going back to the Old Testament in Ezekiel the Bible states "And I will put my Spirit within you" (Ezekiel 36:25-27). In 1 Corinthians we are told that "God's Spirit dwells in you" (1 Corinthians 3:15-17).
Romans 8:11 takes this a step further and tells us that the only way we may live is the have the Spirit dwelling within us.
Given this confirmation from the Bible how is it wrong to believe that the Divine lives in each of us? The Holy Spirit is a part of the Trinity therefore Divine! To be baptized is to invite the Holy Spirit to reside in you.
I recognize the Divine within myself. Does that make me Divine? No, far from it. And I have yet to meet a Pagan who states that they are the Divine because the Divine lives in them. They are part of the Divine. Just as all Christians are one in the body of Christ, Pagans are one with the Divine.
I will happily allow the Divine to live within me and to commune with my Spirit. As those intertwine I only become closer to my Divine family and closer to all those who are also entwined with my Divine family.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Welcome!
The first thought that occurs to me is who am I welcoming and why? I guess the traditional first post would be all about why I am writing this blog and where it came from.
The title comes from my life. I live a life of crossed paths, dualities, yin and yang, however you want to say it. I work in the technical world yet attempt to embrace the natural world in my home. I believe in both Christianity and Wicca. There are many more mundane dualities (I have two children, a boy and a girl) and many more that I keep close to me. I long to let everyone know of these dualities but fear repercussions should they truly be discovered. There are other good examples but I believe this is enough for everyone to understand where the name is from.
As for what will eventually be found here, I plan to fill these postings with my many findings on natural living, on embracing the simple life while maintaining a life outside my home, of my beliefs and information surrounding them. It is hard to find information on the Christian Witch and what makes up that Path. I actively seek out this information and would like to amass it for others to easily be able to find it. I also actively seek out natural remedies, recipes, and solutions and want to have those easily found as well.
Do not look to me as one who has answers though. I have opinions and beliefs and information but the only place you will find answers is within yourself. I encourage everyone to read and interpret my thoughts and believes in their own light. I may have answers to practical matters like: What is the best natural way to clean glass? Vinegar, diluted so you can handle the odor. Ask me about recipes, ways that I have found things, and anything else and I will happily answer. I will happily give my opinion as well on religion and life but those are your answers to find.
This is my path. I am still learning, still discovering. I fall and I get back up. I laugh and I cry. But in the end I know that there is goodness. Do not take my word as truth but as the simplicity of one voice saying, "This is what I believe."
The title comes from my life. I live a life of crossed paths, dualities, yin and yang, however you want to say it. I work in the technical world yet attempt to embrace the natural world in my home. I believe in both Christianity and Wicca. There are many more mundane dualities (I have two children, a boy and a girl) and many more that I keep close to me. I long to let everyone know of these dualities but fear repercussions should they truly be discovered. There are other good examples but I believe this is enough for everyone to understand where the name is from.
As for what will eventually be found here, I plan to fill these postings with my many findings on natural living, on embracing the simple life while maintaining a life outside my home, of my beliefs and information surrounding them. It is hard to find information on the Christian Witch and what makes up that Path. I actively seek out this information and would like to amass it for others to easily be able to find it. I also actively seek out natural remedies, recipes, and solutions and want to have those easily found as well.
Do not look to me as one who has answers though. I have opinions and beliefs and information but the only place you will find answers is within yourself. I encourage everyone to read and interpret my thoughts and believes in their own light. I may have answers to practical matters like: What is the best natural way to clean glass? Vinegar, diluted so you can handle the odor. Ask me about recipes, ways that I have found things, and anything else and I will happily answer. I will happily give my opinion as well on religion and life but those are your answers to find.
This is my path. I am still learning, still discovering. I fall and I get back up. I laugh and I cry. But in the end I know that there is goodness. Do not take my word as truth but as the simplicity of one voice saying, "This is what I believe."
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