Magic

Here's why I'm not a hermit/recluse.

I hung out with a group of friends tonight... and one of them said something that sparked my thought juices.

She said... when we teach children that magic is bad... or magic is something that only lasts when you're a child - they can completely cut off a spiritual sense. For God is magical, in the sense of  what we do not fully understood or see.

Witchcraft is evil. It is not even the same thing as some people who call themselves wiccan or pagan. It has to do with the exploitation of other people for power. It should never be confused with Harry Potter or investigated as a venue of harmless interest. Witchcraft is pure human trafficking.

But magic... the sense of wonder and awe... the fantasy world of heroes, adventure, and romance.... I am sad that semantics and cynicism cause us to limit the belief in that kind of magic.

Yes it is dangerous to think of God as a genii who will simply grant you what you want. Since he's alive and an independent being... it's highly doubtful he's going to cooperate with that kind of thinking. So you will be bitterly disappointed if you expect that. However, if you take away the mystery and the extraordinary unexplainable things of this life... then you take away an ability to sense the Lord and the Spirit working.

Sometimes you just need to believe in the impossible. You need to hope for something bigger than this existence. That is what we call faith... and magic. C. S. Lewis got it right in The Chronicles of Narnia.

"There is a magic deeper still..."

#magic #believeintheimpossible #C.S.Lewis