Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4, NIV)
I know, I know; yo sé, Halloween, pumpkins, Saw, EVIL!
Nah. Halloween is (supposed to be) one of the scariest days of the year. To some, the zeal of killing random people with engineer-like traps (as in Saw), or the craziness of talking to dead people (as in Medium or Ghost Whisperer, good shows… sorry!), or even the outrageous deaths of teenagers (as in Final Destination), nevertheless the chance of dressing up like a fool or a “fool-ette” without no one telling you anything!
Back in Puerto Rico, I remember once that my grandma told me that Halloween was satanic, evil, and demon-evoking. By that, I followed her call. But at one time, when one of my cousins had a birthday party, my sister was dressed as Pocahontas, and I was dressed as a ghost. (Lame, huh?) There’s this really lame division right there, people don’t celebrate Halloween that much (unless you’re in an American base or a little kid). More of “treating”, they use it for “tricking”, T-Ping houses, egging people and houses, and making ugly concoctions for no reason! These “maldades” were just child’s play compared to many weird cults in the mountains. Some –no joke- used blood –real blood- for sacrifices! We knew where they were (their altars were set up), so the churches used to do cultos (services) that night to counteract it! And we have faith that they succeeded!
Now that I’m in America, I see an apartment door decorated with Halloween stuff. I see another house in Adelphi (¿?) decorated for the event. I imagine some kids will trick-or-treat that day (dang! Don’t have no tracts), and a lot of parties, too. Alas, I’m not going to celebrate it, lest I see a good scary movie and there’s some spare candy for the little tykes who wish to show up at my apartment door. It’s also a big mess the “to do or not to do” debate among Christians. There’s something I can do (and believe me, God knows me well, I am going to pay for this…)
(Nothing personal, I’m just joking…)
Happy Halloween! Dios bendiga!
José E.