Halloween and a day off...

So, how do I feel about Halloween? That is a good question...

I grew up Trick or Treatin'! I loved it. And I still do! I had no idea about the meaning of Halloween way back when. I guess I was naive. I don't know.

I think most people swing way to far to one side. Either they pay no attention to the meaning, history or whatnot at all or they pay ALL their attention to those things. I know people today that fit both of those molds.

I fall in the dead center. I figure there is nothing wrong with dressing up in a costume. Taylor and I will be dressing our daughters up in Princess dresses and our boys up as Ninjas rather than Ghosts and Ghouls. I do know that! The reality is, is that each of us put on some sort of 'mask' each and every day when we leave our homes. We tell the world that we have it altogether, that our ducks are in a nice lil' row and all is well with us. The chances of that being true are very slim. We all have problems! And not many of us like to let others know about them. And ... if you happen to be of the female gender, you put on a physical mask every day called make-up! You 'make-up' your face to something it is not. That's why it's called MAKE-UP! Was that harsh? Sorry if it was. But that's how I feel.

If some folks are using Halloween as an evil holiday, then I want to stick some Jesus in there to rebuke the Darkness and throw in some Light! How often do we get 25, 50 or so kids coming to our homes asking us for stuff? Well, this is a moment that I seize to put in each of the bags a lil' bit of Jesus! I put a 'track' in each kids bag and tell them to read it before they go to bed. A 'track' is a short lil' story, usually from a movie (i.e. Transformers, Bug's Life, etc...) that talks about the movie and then talks about Jesus and what he did for us on the Cross and how we need Him today! What better opportunity to distribute God's Word than having tons of kids coming to you asking for it? It's PERFECT!

I think it's important for folks to be informed. I think it's important for folks to be educated. I also think Communication is the KEY! Why do we do what we do? Churches fail at this everyday. Schools fail at this everyday. Families fail at this everyday! We have got to educate, inform and communicate our folks about everything in life.

We are not running from Halloween. If anything, Halloween needs to be running from US! Light ALWAYS overtakes Darkness. Always! It is impossible for Darkness to overtake Light!!!

On another note ... Taylor and I both took off last Friday and enjoyed the day on the road. I surprised her with a fun treat. I borrowed a friends 1975 Corvette Stingray and we went for a drive last week. We drove down to Llano to eat at Cooper's Bar-B-Que. Yum. Yum. YUM!!!! It is Wonderful BBQ! Then we drove east on Highway 29 to a friends new vet clinic. Actually, it's more like a Vet RESORT! This place is INCREDIBLE! Check it out ... http://zootpets.com/

My brother in law is gonna be working at ZOOT as a vet starting in January once he finishes up at that little school in Closet Station, Texas. Or maybe it's College Station. I am not sure...

Then we finished up our Friday drive by 'popping' in to Salado for a lil' bit of shopping. And that was our day...

Enjoy the pics of this SWEET car and my very attractive Bride!