It amazes me how people wonder why their lives are so bad and why things go wrong for them, when all they do is lash out or they want to be angry and hold anger towards others, and respond in anger when someone is not nice to them. THey retaliate with hatred. Ugliness. Do you not realize this does not come from above? I dont mean a one time thing, where we all get upset once in a blue moon, I meanpeople who continue to show this.
These same people make me cringe when they say "I'll pray for you."....
The same way----people who PRETEND to be so good, act like theyre so sweet and wonderful, but in reality all they do is lie and decieve and dont get caught (or so they think theyre not caught ha)
Personally, I dont really put much stock into a person who claims to be a christian, but shows through their words and actions that they are for lack of better wording "a force to be reckoned with." (in a not good way) so when they say "ill pray for you....."...personally I dont care if they do or dont, because.......
Have you not read the verses Romans 12:20 and Proverbs 25:21-23?
Grudges are like bricks. They WILL weigh you down. Why let a little situation that will NOT matter in 5 years--stress you out?
When someone is rude to me--I just smile. Sometimes I even shake my head, smile and wave. (yeah it annoys them further ... and?) Sometimes its THEIR fault, like the girl who failed to stop at a stop sign at a 4 way and I was already moving across and she gives me the dirtiest look and the bird. really? lol well i laugh. Im not normal. I dont get mad. I dont want ot be normal becuase anger seems to be the norm these days.
Yes i get "UGH" when people say stupid stuff. or keep doing things and making excuses. or allowing behavior or whtever the case may be--justifying their or their childrens behaviors------- it annoys me to no end and stresses me out. But i look up, i shrug it off and I hand it upward cuz heck I aint got time for that.
I dont have time for those people. In 5 years it is NOT going to matter. Theyre not WORTH my stress or upset.
It amazes me of people who complain about how bad their lives are, and wonder why the lord doesn't help them. When you pray, do you ask the Lord to help you see inside your heart where you need to make changes?
Do you lie continuously? Do you think its "okay" becuase your not hurting anyone? Do you continuously bad mouth others behind their back becasue no one has the guts to "tell on you"? and yet you pretend like your so perfect and dont do these things? and you wonder WHY your life is the way it is all shot to hell? I dont know, Im asking you---have YOU searched yourself to see errors?
So many are set in their ways "if you dont like me too bad." I think this is a sad way to be. If you want your life to be better, you should AIM to be better. Improvement is among every opportunity. There is no opportunity taken away that we cant improve our response, our feelings.
I feel REALLY sorry for people who thinkt he world owes them. I feel just as sorry for the people who think theyre justified in their anger towards others because someone "did something" to them. I shake my head and think "Lord, I am really sorry..." I pray alwyas that He will always help me to search withinmyself.
He is my rock, my salvation and my strength. I am made in His image for His Word tells me so and I know I am human, but I need to TRY for His sake, to act accordingly as to what is expected of me.
I love Him, and I love myself enough----that I want only light and goodness in my life. I have no time for the ugliness that society allows to intertwine them.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
why this mom doesn't like halloween
This is just a blog, not a form of judgement. Each to their own, and this is just me, my spirit, my thoughts, my blog.
Every year, halloween rolls around. Every year, I feel anxious upon this "holdiay"--i want it to just up and disappear and hurry and pass------a day and "time" that even christians choose to participate in Every year, its a darkness that creeps upon our society. Never mind we have it all year long now with the new zombie-walking dead craze and all the other things...
Ever year, even more so, on halloween Christians everywhere enagage in the "dark" of "Hallows Haunted Eve".... they embrace the zombies, the creepy crawlers and all the things associated with darkness. They enjoy being scared, and say "its okay" they love the dark feeling----which is yes, an adrianal rush but is it worth? Excuse after excuse----of why its "okay." but truly...do you truly feel that light shining when you say that?
I am a child of the light. I love the light. Its divine. I allowed my son to have a creepy halloween costume one year. Yes, just one year. I couldn't do it again. It was a slow proecess change, from football player, and minor things like that, to allowing a one time creepy outfit, to not trick or treating and not even offering candy. BEcause the context of fall festives has gotten lost.
I wanted him to know we should run from darkness all year and that it should not be allowed just because its halloween and a celebration of mankind that everyone deems to be "harmless fun." its dark. there is nothing "light" about any of it. There is nothing good of that.
Yes, I am a mom who dislikes halloween. I choose light. I choose all the good things that come with this wonderful season. Pumkins, the ssmell of fall, hoodies, scarecrows, the colors--all symbolizing the change of the season----no darkness. How can I do anything else? I am a child of the light. The light attracts me. Anything dark, my spirit pulls back, and i love the holy spirit within me. I think I'll keep him.
If I could, i would seprate the two and fall festives would happen Mid october----a time of fun and just good things to come, in the light---costumes galore---but all "good" all of light. and yes, trick or treat! but all in the light of "GOODNESS", no gory, horror, darkness or things that go bump in the night.
arent we here to be set apart? To be an example of Christ in this world. Halloween---is the total opposite of that. My heart is heavy for those who dont want to choose to understand to seek inside and "see".....
Is it hard? Yes. Of course it is. Every year I cringe. Every year i am so glad when halloween is done and over.
I'm just a mom, a human being who just doesn't enjoy the darkness of the world like the rest of you in the sense of halloween....... i dont like crazy scary movies, i dont like evil things----its hard for me to enjoy something that is not of the Lord and His light. We are each guided by our own Comforter, who will show us and tell us. This is just mine. If ive given you something to think about, to weight on your heart, then ive done my part.
Ill stay as much as I can in the light.....my world has enough darkness----and other battles that I battle. halloween is a very easy one for me to shudder----does it mean im not tempted to join friends in haunted houses? no....it doenst of course i want the fun they have.... but i need to learn to refrain because it weighs heavily upon me.
all in good fun you say? have fun. :) Ill stay inside out of the rain. xo
Every year, halloween rolls around. Every year, I feel anxious upon this "holdiay"--i want it to just up and disappear and hurry and pass------a day and "time" that even christians choose to participate in Every year, its a darkness that creeps upon our society. Never mind we have it all year long now with the new zombie-walking dead craze and all the other things...
Ever year, even more so, on halloween Christians everywhere enagage in the "dark" of "Hallows Haunted Eve".... they embrace the zombies, the creepy crawlers and all the things associated with darkness. They enjoy being scared, and say "its okay" they love the dark feeling----which is yes, an adrianal rush but is it worth? Excuse after excuse----of why its "okay." but truly...do you truly feel that light shining when you say that?
I am a child of the light. I love the light. Its divine. I allowed my son to have a creepy halloween costume one year. Yes, just one year. I couldn't do it again. It was a slow proecess change, from football player, and minor things like that, to allowing a one time creepy outfit, to not trick or treating and not even offering candy. BEcause the context of fall festives has gotten lost.
I wanted him to know we should run from darkness all year and that it should not be allowed just because its halloween and a celebration of mankind that everyone deems to be "harmless fun." its dark. there is nothing "light" about any of it. There is nothing good of that.
Yes, I am a mom who dislikes halloween. I choose light. I choose all the good things that come with this wonderful season. Pumkins, the ssmell of fall, hoodies, scarecrows, the colors--all symbolizing the change of the season----no darkness. How can I do anything else? I am a child of the light. The light attracts me. Anything dark, my spirit pulls back, and i love the holy spirit within me. I think I'll keep him.
If I could, i would seprate the two and fall festives would happen Mid october----a time of fun and just good things to come, in the light---costumes galore---but all "good" all of light. and yes, trick or treat! but all in the light of "GOODNESS", no gory, horror, darkness or things that go bump in the night.
arent we here to be set apart? To be an example of Christ in this world. Halloween---is the total opposite of that. My heart is heavy for those who dont want to choose to understand to seek inside and "see".....
Is it hard? Yes. Of course it is. Every year I cringe. Every year i am so glad when halloween is done and over.
I'm just a mom, a human being who just doesn't enjoy the darkness of the world like the rest of you in the sense of halloween....... i dont like crazy scary movies, i dont like evil things----its hard for me to enjoy something that is not of the Lord and His light. We are each guided by our own Comforter, who will show us and tell us. This is just mine. If ive given you something to think about, to weight on your heart, then ive done my part.
Ill stay as much as I can in the light.....my world has enough darkness----and other battles that I battle. halloween is a very easy one for me to shudder----does it mean im not tempted to join friends in haunted houses? no....it doenst of course i want the fun they have.... but i need to learn to refrain because it weighs heavily upon me.
all in good fun you say? have fun. :) Ill stay inside out of the rain. xo
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