Christianity With Tracey

I know that so many of you are wondering what a Christian should do about Halloween.  When I was a new Christian, I was not sure.  I loved Halloween as a child.  The only holiday I loved better was, of course, Christmas.

However, now that I love the Lord so, I just can’t see myself taking my five children to haunted houses or trick or treating with the chance or running into some pretty scary stuff.  Evil things are just evil in our home.  They aren’t “fun.”  I mean, there are a few kinda scary movies we watch…but nothing with gore, and nothing where the evil guy is considered fun or funny.  He has to loose like Satan will.  :o)

There is so much information out there about the origins of Halloween, Christian Halloween alternatives, and how some Christians react to Halloween.

Our family chooses to attend a roller skating event in our area of Maine called Skate For The Light Night.  A local skating rink plays Christian music for an evening and they give our CD’s, DVD’s, and a grand prize at the end of the evening.  It’s fun!  You might want to check with your local Christian radio station and find out what type of events are going on in your area at this time of year for Christians.

We live in a small neighborhood, so we don’t get any trick or treaters, but if we did I wouldn’t turn off my light and not answer the door.  I would definitely give out candy (GOOD candy!  You want them to tell their buddies to come by!) and Christian Halloween Tracts that were especially for children.  I mean, they might not ever hear about Jesus from anyone else!  I really think that Jesus would be sitting on His front porch, handing out yummies (maybe healthy ones…lol) and putting those little children on His lap and telling them all about the kingdom of heaven, ya know?  Jesus is SUCH a cool guy!  He loves children SO MUCH.  It just floors me that He loves my children more than I do…sigh…ok, back to what I was talking about.

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