No More Halloween

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Those who have followed my post over past years know that this is one of my favorite times of year. I have made many posts about our family Halloween parties. Well, our celebrations are now different. When my husband and I were engaged, we started praying about how God wanted us to do life in our marriage. We decided against celebrating Halloween, at least the pagan and evil aspects. There were many things that went against God's Word and those things we would not celebrate. Once my kids were older, we met people who loved Halloween. A couple of my kids loved it. So I began to allow certain things in our home that I would normally not have. I allowed bad language in movies. We like scary movies, but if they were too violent or occultic, we would not watch them. Well I started allowing them to be watched too. We dressed in evil costumes, had a haunted trail. My husband didn't like it. He told us we were dancing with the devil. The Holy Spirit would convict me that I was wrong, but I ignored Him. Over the years, I began to care less about what God wanted and more about what others wanted and I wanted. What I wanted was my kids to always come around, my friends to have fun at my house, and my kids to always love me. I started caring more about what my kids thought than what God though. Praise the Lord, He loved me enough to keep convicting me. God loved me enough to let me repent and start putting Him first. When we worship God with our lives and love Him above all others, He transforms us. This year, my husband and I said "no more Halloween". We went back to celebrating fall festivals, celebrating things that bring God glory. Instead of a Halloween Party, this year I had a Family Praise and fellowship celebration. A couple of my kids are irritated with me and now make fun of me. That is ok because I am right with God. And God will handle my kids. I love them, but I had got to the point that I was worshipping them instead of God. I had to get my priorities right. Jesus loves them more than I do, so I know He can bring them back and help them to understand why their mom and dad choose to live for Jesus above all others. Prayers for my kids are welcomed. I am praying that they will know how much God loves them and that they will fall in love with Jesus above all others.