Confession time...

I am a harry potter nerd. There, I said it. But while everyone’s favorite character in Harry Potter is one of the core three…I have always been partial to Fawkes. Now, for other Harry Potter nerds out there I won’t have to elaborate, but since I’m guessing that a great deal of y’all are not HP fans I will elaborate. Fawkes is Dumbledore’s phoenix. Fawkes is my favorite, because as a child I was memorized with the fact that it turned to ash and then was reborn. As a little girl when I started reading Harry Potter, I realized that there was so much more to it, but now as a young lady about to turn 20 I know why it always amazed me. When we give our life to Christ we become phoenix like. We were dead in sin, enemies to the Lord, and unworthy to be called children of God. We were essentially ashes, but when we realized that we were dead and realized that the Lord has so much more for us, and repented from our trespasses we were made new. We were reborn! Just as phoenixes are reborn! Isn’t that just awesome!? We traded our ashes in for beauty and wear FORGIVENESS like a crown. And we can lay every burden down at the foot of the cross! Every single burden that we have, ever single sin and temptation that we face has been paid in full! This doesn’t mean we get a free pass and can do whatever we want, but when we do get bungled up in our temptation and let Satan enslave us to our worldly desires, we have the Holy Spirit to awaken us and convict us of our sin. We were not made to be enslaved…we were made to be free! And we have the power inside of us to be free! The coolest part is when we repent and completely turn away from our messes we are forgiven and are considered clean and pure in front of the almighty father! Isn’t that just so cool! So come! Taste the living water, and walk with the lover of your soul. The mighty warrior who loves and fights for alongside of you and fights for you!