My co-workers really love Halloween.  They have the whole office decorated with all the Halloween junk that money can buy.  I decided about 10 years ago, that as a Christian, I just can't go along with it any longer.  There is nothing to honor God in the holiday.  I can come up with something for every other holiday except this one.   One of my fellow Christians at work came to me and asked if I was "offended" by all the decorations.  I thought about it a minute and told her that I wasn't "offended" by it, I was saddened by it.  I see garbage on Tv that is even more offensive--(TV is the next to go at my house--if I can just convince my husband) .   I try not to be "offended" because that means that someone has done something to me.  They haven't done anything to me personally.  My faith in God is strong enough to look to Him for answers.  I asked Him to help me with my attitude and not be judgemental or condescending.  He brought me to Romans 14.  It states in Romans 14:1 not to pass judgement on people over "disputable matters."   Each person must decide for themselves what they will say to God when He asks for an accounting.   I plan to be gone on October 31st so I won't have to deal with all the light hearted celebrating of such a dark and disturbing day.  It makes me sad that so many Christians are not interested in God after 12pm on sunday afternoon.  They don't want to know any more about the God they are supposed to love and worship.  If they knew more, they would understand a little better about the halloween thing and how God feels about the appearance of evil and about mediums and spiritists and all of that.  But the bottomline is that we are each accountable to God.  It doesn't matter whether you believe in Him or not.  He's real and true and He is going to do everything He purposes to do.  Don't try to convince me otherwise because, just as all the people that want to celebrate halloween are convinced, I am even more convinced that God is exactly who He says He is and that everything in the Bible is true.  

So, here I am in this website.  I am supposed to "blog." . . . How fun.  I was supposed to get in here and see what this one blogger said because it was rude.  Hmmm. . . I don't think I care.  Sticks and stones and all that. . . yada yada yada.  Life is too short to worry about rude behavior.  It is all about how you take it.  Why give someone power over you?  The power is in the attitude that this rude person is really so insignificant. Their behavior is a reflection of the powerlessness and insignificance that they themselves feel.  Let them continue to be insignificant.  That is all I have to say.