Halloween Wears Me Out...

Of course, it wouldn't be my blog unless I posted a picture of Will's costume for this year. Wolverine, or WILLverine as he likes to be called, made his rounds trick-or-treating at all family and friends we could manage to get to within the two-hour time period. The problem with Halloween is that there is never enough time to drive to 10 different houses so that everyone can "OH" and "Ah" over our kid's costume and give him tons of candy that will go bad before we (and I emphasize) WE, can consume it all.

From the Christian perspective, I can see where Halloween should really not be observed (I guess this is the only thing that I can somewhat agree with the Jehovah's Witnesses about). BUT, I have to look at it from the perspective that we are not celebrating the occult, knowingly or unknowingly. I also can say without conviction that I have never dressed up my kid to glorify the Satan. If anything, Halloween has become a Holiday centered on koinonia and Christian fellowship with all the folks we visit. In fact, if it wasn't for Halloween, we would miss out on a perfect opportunity to reconnect, fellowship with, and finally get a chance/excuse to give a hug to some folks that we don't get to see as often as we should.

So, if you're worried about the celebrating a Holiday that some call a "Devil's Holiday", my advice to you is that you pray about it. Then after you've prayed, do what the Spirit tells you. I've done this, and I look forward to buying the costume and seeing my family and friends as we go trick-or-treating. But, my secret pleasure from all this commotion comes after everyone in the Prater house is fast asleep. That's when I like to sneak into the kitchen and pillage the goody bags to suck down a Reese Cup or two, and maybe throw in a hand full of Hershey kisses before anyone wakes up and catches me...