The Ring

Well, this past weekend I had a birthday. My parents gave me a card with a letter and this is what the letter said

Dear Kaylee
Awhile back we talked about what to get you for your birthday. We thought we would get you a "Lord of the Rings" type ring. Then we thought about how you like to relate parts of "The Lord of the Rings" story with applications to your life and especially your life with Jesus. So here is our attempt at doing that.
"The Ring" was a ring of power. You could use it for good or for evil, but somehow no matter how good the bearer of the ring was, over time that person started to become evil. The ring had great power for harm.
When we become Christians the bible tells us that the Holy Spirit comes to live inside us. "I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can't take him in because it doesn't have eyes to see him, doesn't know what to look for. But you know him already because he had been staying with you and will even be in you!" John 14: 16,17
The Holy Spirit is the opposite of The Ring. We are basically bad inside. When the Holy Spirit comes to live in us, over time He has a powerful influence. As we let him, He makes us good, He makes us righteous.
Our prayer is that your ring would be a reminder to you of the power you have within you, the power of the Holy Spirit. Instead of the power to make you invisible, it has the power to make Jesus visible through you to the world! Instead of having to not use it, and destroy it, your task is to use it and share it. You are not alone, but you have your brothers and sisters in Jesus, your own "Fellowship of the Ring".
—Mom & Dad

Now, when I first read that I was sad, sad that I didn't think of it first. I had always thought about the ring, and different takes on it, but this was a new one. It's amazing how we can see something everyday and then someone else puts a different perspective on it, and now we see everything totally different. Well, I should probably go and do the dishes, since my birthday's over I have to do chores again.

P.S. Strangely enough, I never got a car for my birthday, so if someone wants to still give me a car, you're more than welcome to (I got lots of cards though!).