Long live Cedric Diggory!!!

It's late, and my eyes are stinging, so please excuse me jumping all over the place; I edited it as best I could.

So, this evening the long wait was finally over! Harry Potter was being viewed in cinemas all over the country; in a wee theatre in a town called Clifton, was 5 wee Army lassies, giggling away - aren't those Wesley twins rather funny!

I know that it most likely terribly un-orthodox to compare Harry Potter to the life and times of our Lord and Saviour, but I can't help myself. I cannot believe that it is by accident either, life is not that random! All the time I kept thinking to myself, "I wish I could write this stuff down!" (But, being that the cinema was dark and I am not that organized as to have a pen and notepad with me, it was not an option.) I have forgotten the majority of what I wanted to remember. J.K. Rowling has taken a lot of stick from the Christian world, (way to go us; people react positively to love, not criticism - doh!) for her ridiculously imaginative books. She has huge potential to reach millions of kids - whatever she does from here on in, will be awesome - she was the lady that wrote about the "boy who lived!"

For those who have read the book, you'll notice a huge part missing, (relating to Harry's love life, haha,) just when you are watching, keep your eyes and ears open for symbolism. Harry is not "Jesus," it's not clear cut like that - but there are sure a lot of great illustrations from this movie - just shame we would offend so many with it's use. Which gets me thinking...

Do we shoot the messager? Just because they themselves are not exactly a poster-boy/girl for perfection, (actually, if you meet a person like that, get them to blog me - I'd love to know what that life was like - how the other half live, u know the type; you'll have been yelled at by them when you were wee...) we discount all of what they have to say. Grace ladies and gentlemen...that's what it's called from God, and I believe the same for His people - it's grace when we afford it for others - undeserved, yes!

Harry Potter is a wizard, and his friends mess with spirits, but how is it that they are castrated from the body of Christ? I know that Harry is a fictional character, but I am sure there are some like him - cheaters, liars, murderers, addicts, adulterers whom we throw out of our churches. Kinda crappy if you ask me...and yet I too am one who leave people out from the body.

I am saddened by the press that we, (Christians,) have given J.K. Rowling. I feel that she is someone that we could waste for God. Why are we so intent on correcting people? People react to love more positively than they do criticism. I am pretty sure that God's will for J. K. Rowling would not have her spending years of her life concentrating on the "boy who lived" through a magic spell intended to kill him - unless He had one cracker of a redemption plan for her. (Careful on your "accountability" people, make sure it's love that motivates it.) Do we believe that God has a plan for people like J. K. Rowling? People like Ozzie Osbourne? People like so many others whom me castrate, or by our actions ignore them and their lack of Christian standards - how can we? What do they know about Jesus? What are we representing of Him to the world? If they were brought up in the church then you could be forgiven for keeping them accountable, but if you don't know what they are, or what they are from, why you commenting?

So yeah, there it is, blah, blah, blah....

Of course you know that I am a mess, and I am a hypocrite - I make grand sweeping statements and of course, being human, mess up...

Peace

Mhairitschka