Halloween

While Halloween is based on horror, and evil it has its good sides too. It has a lot of potential to bring out the child in all of us. I am not in favor of getting caught up in the debate on how good or bad Halloween is, but what it can be.
I remember Halloweens as a child and all of the things I dressed up as, I was a cowboy, football player, baseball player and here's one you wouldn't guess, a race car driver. I watch my kids at Halloween time and it is a golden opportunity for them to dress up and get away from life the way it is for them.
I like a story about Halloween that Laurie Beth Jones tells in her book, Grow Something Besides Old. She talks about one Halloween night when she had underestimated the number of children who would come to the door to trick or treat, and she ran out of candy. In desperation, she began giving out quarters, nickels, and dimes.
One little girl about 5-years-old dressed as a fairy princess came to her door. She had the little crown and wand and everything. Jones dropped two quarters into the child’s sack, and said to her, “I’ve run out of candy, but tomorrow you can take these coins to the store and turn them into real candy.” The little girl stepped back, looked up at her, and said, “Lady, this isn’t a real wand.”
Halloween is what you make of it. It can be pure and innocent or it can serve wicked purposes. I chose to see it in the purest form.
Have a great day and get ready for those trick or treaters, you never know it just might be your pastor at the door!