Pre-October (Confessions)

The weekend before halloween of 2006, a couple friends of mine and I had a sort of celebration. This was no normal halloween celebration. This was a ceremony to worship God. A few weeks before this celebration took place my grandfather had come to visit. My grandpa is not a Christian, however he looked at what I had to say about my faith and how I dressed and how it didn't seem to correlate. So, I decided it was time to get rid of some of my clothes that were not beneficial in my walk with Christ and my Christian influence on a wicked world. Weeks before that halloween weekend we all three gathered together things that were not glorifying to Christ, that were sinful, that stood in between us and Him. We gathered together and built a fire. We prayed and spent hours burning the evil that had once been a part of our lives. Clothing, magazines, jewelery, pictures, all sorts of material things as well as the things of our hearts. What better way to celebrate halloween, giving to God, destroying evil, and spending time in song and prayer!? I'm thinking of starting a yearly or biyearly tradition of this sort because it was an amazing time. I look back on that day and think wow, let's do it again, I bet I could burn more! :)"These are my words from one year ago. Once again, October is approaching and it will be time to continue the tradition. The month of October will be a time of fasting and prayer, of self-examination and examination of what we own, what we love, and what we cling to in this world. Saturday October 27th is the planned day that we will gather together, build a fire, and cast away that which is unholy and unworthy of our call as Christians. This is for the glory and honor of our heavenly father.Charlene and I will be posting updates throughout September and October to confess the sins of our hearts that God reveals to us... these will be our October Confessions.We invite all of you to take part with us this October, to search your hearts and your homes for sin that might be evident or tucked away, that we might cast it off for the glory of Christ. We invite you to build your own fires and come together as the body to worship God.That we might put off the sin that so easily entangles... that we might put on Christ and holiness... that we might look more like Christ and not be conformed to the ways of this world!Laura and Charlene