why this mom shudders at halloween

Every year, halloween rolls around. Every year, I feel anxious upon this "holdiay"--i want it to just up and disappear and hurry and pass------a day and "time" that even christians choose to participate in Every year, its a darkness that creeps upon our society. Never mind we have it all year long now with the new zombie-walking dead craze and all the other things...

Ever year, even more so, on halloween Christians everywhere enagage in the "dark" of "Hallows Haunted Eve".... they embrace the zombies, the creepy crawlers and all the things associated with darkness. They enjoy being scared, and say "its okay" they love the dark feeling----which is yes, an adrianal rush but is it worth? Excuse after excuse----of why its "okay." but truly...do you truly feel that light shining when you say that?

I am a child of the light. I love the light. Its divine. I allowed my son to have a creepy halloween costume one year. Yes, just one year. I couldn't do it again. It was a slow proecess change, from football player, and minor things like that, to allowing a one time creepy outfit, to not trick or treating and not even offering candy. BEcause the context of fall festives has gotten lost.

I wanted him to know we should run from darkness all year and that it should not be allowed just because its halloween and a celebration of mankind that everyone deems to be "harmless fun." its dark. there is nothing "light" about any of it. There is nothing good of that.

Yes, I am a mom who dislikes halloween. I choose light. I choose all the good things that come with this wonderful season. Pumkins, the ssmell of fall, hoodies, scarecrows, the colors--all symbolizing the change of the season----no darkness. How can I do anything else? I am a child of the light. The light attracts me. Anything dark, my spirit pulls back, and i love the holy spirit within me. I think I'll keep him.

If I could, i would seprate the two and fall festives would happen Mid october----a time of fun and just good things to come, in the light---costumes galore---but all "good" all of light. and yes, trick or treat! but all in the light of "GOODNESS", no gory, horror, darkness or things that go bump in the night.

arent we here to be set apart? To be an example of Christ in this world. Halloween---is the total opposite of that. My heart is heavy for those who dont want to choose to understand to seek inside and "see".....

Is it hard? Yes. Of course it is. Every year I cringe. Every year i am so glad when halloween is done and over.

I'm just a mom, a human being who just doesn't enjoy the darkness of the world like the rest of you in the sense of halloween.......

(i dont do santaclause stuff in my house either but thats another story for another season ;) )