Candy. CANDY. CANDY!!!!!


Happy Halloween!

There are lots of things I COULD write about this morning:

  • Martin Luther and his 95 theses
  • How Halloween has morphed from a fun "dress-up" holiday to something more sinister
  • Ghosts, Goblins and Boogeymen
But it is a story Jim told this morning that has me thinking...

He says when he was a younger boy his classroom of kids always used to dress up.  And since he lived close to the school, that meant on Halloween (and every other day), he walked to class.  

But he remembers a time when ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL in the morning - he decided he had a little extra time, and so he went from house to house ringing doorbells and crying "Trick or Treat!"

As he recounted the story this morning he said, "Imagine the surprise of the women who came to the door dressed in their robes - cup of coffee in hand!"  The story makes me laugh...

And it also makes me think.  

It seems to me that little boy Jim was acting on impulses which are common to humans regardless of age  The ones that say:
  • I need to "get mine" before things become scarce, and 
  • MORE is always better
  • I am in control of how much "candy" (or money, or things) I get
In those thoughts I believe we forget that God is the provider of all things, and that He is capable of provision even in the most daunting of times.

Remember the manna and quail that appeared out of nowhere in the desert so the people of Israel could eat?  Remember the water that was turned into wine at the wedding banquet?  Remember the 5 loaves and two fishes that fed 5,000 people with some left over?

On days you are tempted to worry about your future and whether or not there is provision for you, I urge you to seek God and ask Him.  For he is good and merciful and gives freely.

"I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.  Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." - Psalm 81:10


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