A Look at Halloween Through Poetry

As we approach the holiday call Halloween here in the U.S. I thought I would share with you a couple of poems that I have written " ... for such a time as this." I hope that they give you pause to think if this day is one that should be celebrated in its current and common practices, if at all. Or whether it should it be redeemed for the Lord's Glory. I will leave this decision to each of you.

All Hallows Eve?

While looking toward the days ahead

I feel unusually drawn

To focus on the things of God

And of the glory to come

Yet today as I sit and muse

There are those who say

The holiday at this week’s end

Is a wonderful, glorious day

I fear that they are unaware

Of the wicked start the holiday had

Of the giving of gifts to the dead

Or the deeds done that were bad

 “Trick or Treat” should not be

Taken lightly by folks

For in days of old the Celts and Druids

Did such sinister “jokes”

When on this day of the year

The folk would lay out food

To appease the spirits of the dead

And save their foul mood

It has been told of former days

The “spirits” did commit

Acts of violence and of rage

On those whose gifts they didn’t get

Fires burned, homes and crops destroyed

When folk the dead did neglect

For those of the local cults did rage

When these spirits' needs were not met

I know that times have changed

And folk have long forgot

The origins of this ‘holy’ day

So these things are not taught

But we do well to teach these truths

Before our kids go out

To plunder the city for candy sweet

And “Trick or Treat” do shout

Remembering the days of old

Our forefathers did honor thus

Redeem the time that Satan stole

Giving praise to God A MUST

A party in honor of our King

Is a much more glorious way

To redeem the day that Satan stole

And is using to steal our children away

Our church has chosen a fitting way

To honor God and thus our children protect

Creation Celebration is

Our church’s fall project

So “chose today whom you shall serve”

And give your heart to honor all He’s given

And remember that heaven is a place

Reserved only for the living!

Leigh

10/2008

Celebrating God’s Creation

As Halloween rolls around again

A pagan holiday celebrated by most children

The Church decides to take a stand

And celebrate what God created – not man

So we gather together in Jesus name

To give God the glory, and never the blame

For the beautiful creatures that roam the earth

And the choice He gives us for 2^nd birth

So dress as you favorite animal or plant

‘Tis very easy, so don’t tell me you can’t

A little imagination, some fabric, and socks

Or maybe reuse a now empty box

And build up a fruit stand or a large bunch of grapes

A hippo, a rhino or possibly an ape

And give glory to God for these gifts He gave

And for our lives that He came to save!

Thanks, Lord!

~*~

Leigh 

10/29/2012