HALLOWEEN

Is Halloween your favorite holiday??

I saw an innocent..I'm sure...remark to that effect from a friend whom I know to be a good Christian. If that's true, its a real oxymoron. The two are completely incompatible. A Christian's favorite holidays would have to be Christmas...celebrating the birth of our Saviour...and Easter...celebrating the resurrection of our Saviour. And coat it how you will, Halloween is celebrating Satan!

I know I'll get a lot of flak over that statement. Through the years I've done the same as most everybody else. "There's no harm in letting the kids go trick or treating." "Sure, I'll go to your party and wear a witch's costume." But as I get more into God's Word, I realize I was wrong.

When I was a child in Kentucky, Halloween was not celebrated at all. Then I moved to Michigan and joined the crowd of kids out trick or treating. Next thing I know, I was going to Halloween parties, complete with costume.

Granny, bless her heart, was the only person I knew who kept telling me it was wrong to celebrate Satan's Day. And I pooh-poohed her. "Its just another holiday. There's nothing wrong with trick or treats or parties," I'd tell her. "I'm not bowing down and worshipping Satan." Her reply was, "you'd be better off spending that time reading the bible and praying for the people Satan is getting his clutches into."

How right she was! Now I'm not going to say anyone who celebrates Halloween is going to Hell. As Christians, the bible tells us it is "legal" for us to do most everything...but that doesn't mean we should. I think we should be teaching our children just what Halloween is instead of sending...or taking...them out trick or treating. Or if we do take them, take the time to explain to them what Halloween is...Satan's Day.Explain that we're not doing it to celebrate Satan, which is wrong...but to celebrate the harvest. Tell them they're "harvesting" treats. ..celebrating the fall harvest of foodstuff God has provided. Make it a day to celebrate God's goodness to us.

If you decorate your house, do it with pumpkins, corn shocks, hay bales, etc...signs of the fall harvest.....leave off the ghosts and skeletons....signs of Halloween. If enough Christians put God instead of Satan into the holiday, just think of the thorn that would put in Satan's foot!!