Getting into the Spirit of Things....

Well, it is my favorite time of year again. One thing after another happens
in the stores and now days the front yard, houses and home interiors all
over the country. First nature redecorates. The green leaves change into
amazing hues of red, orange, yellow and tan and shades of pink and gold and
silver. The heat and humidity for most of the country is gone and it is
replaced with cool and crisp days and nights. The heaviness of summer is
now replaced with refreshing and invigorating weather and scenery. Down
come the summer wreaths on doors with their heavy blooms and ribbons. Up go
the wreaths with colors of Autumn. And WOW, have you seen the decorations
that are now available to decorate your yard for Halloween!? The ACLU sure
doesn't mind the celebration of demons and spirits and death do they? They
don't mind the display of monsters, and corpses hanging from the trees in
our front yards. You sure cannot find Christ in that mess can you? Ah, the
world is safe from Him on this ghoulish night!! They must throw a Halloween
party of their own.

The kids look forward to Halloween and more and more these days, the
celebration of this holiday means big money to stores that sell everything
from costumes to outdoor decorations to scare and thrill the little
Trick-or-Treaters. There is an eight foot spider that is lit up and scales
the side of our neighbors house. There are tombstones dotting front yards
and open coffins lay exposing the remains of the dearly departed. A true
celebration of death and mayhem is strewn across the lawns of suburbia.

There are several lines of thinking on the subject of Halloween. As a
Christian, I think that we must be very careful. I am not against a child
dressing up as a Bible character or something "good and wholesome", or
attending a party at the local church, but I do not believe that it is
necessary. My husband and I do not hand out candy or in any other way
encourage the celebration of Halloween. There is a very important reason
for this. The world has drastically changed from when we were kids. The
worship of the satanic is everywhere. There are even Witch Covens that meet
in our schools. There are meetings of Satan worship based clubs in our
schools. The TV channels are full of Mediums and demons. Hollywood has
made "channeling" a household word. All of which have brought a very real
spirit realm into the workings of everyday America and the world at large.
Of course Hollywood has pooh-poohed the occult and led all to believe that
it is just "make believe". That none of these things are real. But the
truth is that the spirit realm is very real. Have you read the newspaper
lately? Have you listened to the news? The "harmless" games of summoning
the demonic have produced in reality what Hollywood used to only produce on
film. And unfortunately, the spirit world does not care who it attaches to.
Even children are fair game to the demonic. Halloween has been labeled by
the media as a time for extreme caution. Our children are prey for child
molesters. Those who would poison or put dangerous items in their treats
and worst yet, they are prey for the demons that are summoned by pranksters
who are totally unaware of what they are actually doing. If you are a
Christian, think again about "Getting into the spirit of things" because you
might actually be encouraging and participating in something you should not
be involved in.