Burning
There is Dear Reader, a most strange event recorded in the bible, a book burning, well scrolls to be exact. Yet on deeper reflection we discover the people who burnt these items did so willingly, and as sign of their turning from the teaching of reliance upon magic. This is of God. God wishes public demonstration of our change of life, from the old and towards the new. Yet within it this must be personal. I Dear Reader, cannot enact your devotion, on your behalf! I cannot burn your scroll, you must do that! God desires burning, but this is a burning in the heart of our love for him, not of a hatred of the creation which still needs to come and meet him. Your response shows how you have turned from your past, my response shows how I have turned from mine, each may have the same intent, yet a very different content. Let us Dear Reader show our devotion in our lives and encourage, not force others to show it in theirs.