Monday, October 29, 2012

halloween? christmas? ???????

Growing up I didn't celebrate halloween or christmas, I remember that when I was very young, my grandpa used to put a christmas tree and decorate his house and he would also buy us all presents. When I was around 7(I think, maybe younger) we stop celebrating it. I remember them saying something about it being a pagan holiday so as soon as I heard the word pagan I knew that it ment not from God but from the devil so I was ok with not celebrating anymore. I never felt like I was missing out on anything. At school after the christmas break I always heard my friends talking about all the gifts they got and honestly I never felt left out or sad for not getting gifts myself, or for not being able to dress up for halloween, it never affected me, somehow I understood that it wasn't something that we should do. Once I got married, I was reintroduced to christmas and honestly I started to forget why I didn't celebrate it, I learned that people knew that Jesus wasn't really born on December and that they just choose to celebrate him on that day anyway. I was ok with it and I started to go along with it but I always felt weird about it and I was never really at peace with myself for it. I still don't celebrate halloween and I will never celebrate it, nor let my kids celebrate it either, I am very thankful that my husband is supported of my decision, he might think I am a little weird for thinking its pagan but he backs me up.

Today, someone posted a link on facebook that talked about why christians shouldn't celebrate halloween, I clicked on it and I was reminded that halloween is a big no no. This got me thinking about christmas and so I did some research, I know that I shouldn't believe everything I read online but I read this article that is full of scriptures from the bible  ( and the bible I do believe) and it talks about why God doesn't want us to celebrate this holidays. I now have so much doubt inside of me as to why I should continue to celebrate christmas, I never felt right about it and now I feel even worst about it, I feel like I need to pray and ask God for discernment, because I just don't wanna be doing things that go against God's will.

God's word is clear: 

Thessalonians 5:21-22—“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.”
 James 1:27—“keep oneself from being polluted by the world”
 3 John 1:11—“do not imitate what is evil”
3 John 1:11—“do not imitate what is evil”
Romans 12:9—“abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.”
Deuteronomy 18:9-14—do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft
Ephesians 5:11-12—“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness” / “live as children of light”
1 Timothy 4:1—don’t ”follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons”
2 Corinthians 6:14-17—“what fellowship can light have with darkness?”
1 Corinthians 11:1—“follow the example of Christ”
1 Corinthians 10:31—“whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God"
 (Christiananswers.net)

and then I read this:

 Jeremiah 10:1-4

10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. This is what the Lord says:
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
    or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified by them.
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
They adorn it with silver and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.


I feel like this can't be any more clear and that our mighty Lord is trying to show me something by putting all of this in my heart, now I just need to pray and ask for discernment and wait for his truth to rain upon me and show me the way.
I want to be able to teach my children what is from God and not from this world, I don't want them growing up filled with lies, I want to raise them based on the truth, the truth from God.  

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