Where do you stand on the "Halloween question"?
I was looking up 'hallow' in the Shorter Oxford, here's what it says: Make holy; sanctify, purify. Consecrate or set apart to be sacred. Dedicate to a sacred or religious purpose; bless. Of shrines and relics of saints. Halloween: the eve of All Saints.
Just from that it seems that Satan has hi-jacked the whole holiday! So it will benefit us to keep in mind what it is and what it means these days and who celebrates it and with what...
"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." Alexander Pope
This quote always reminds me to BE CAREFUL where I go - remembering I am taking Christ with me - and what I have in and around my home - Is it honoring to my Lord? This should be a day (or season) that is easy to be seen as set apart to God, but sometimes it's easy not to be, you know? "Keep on the alert!"
For more information there are a couple of informative websites:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/halloween.html
http://www.eliyah.com/hallween.html
October 27, 2009
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