“Train up a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22: 6 (NKJV)
What
language does your children or grandchildren hearing when you speak? Are you
burying words in their mind and heart — that can never be un-heard — that are
not worthy of treasuring? At this time of year, we have chosen to emphasize ghouls
and goblins and things that go bump in the night, rather than beauty and color
and things that lift us to realms of light.
With
Halloween coming up in a week, how are you preparing your children? We live in
a culture that glorifies death with skulls a common decoration around us. How
can we lift up the living God and the resurrected Jesus, rather than death and
evil?
I would like
to suggest a phrase you could say when you hand out autumn candy on October 31.
We could say, “Blessings to you at Harvest time!” Let us pray:
“Holy
Father, love divine, sacred is your name. May your kingdom of love and mercy
fall down on everyone this fall, that we may harvest your love and grace. For
today, we ask you to give us the courage to stand up for life and songs of love,
rather than death and dirges. Forgive me when I have joined the world that worshiped
death in previous years and direct me to use words that lift up love and
praise. In the precious name of Jesus, the Christ, I pray. Amen”
Doris
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