Ruidoso Fun

Well, Branden's dad got to go on an elk hunt this year and Branden was obviously going with him and so we decided to make a family trip out of it all. We had such a wonderful time, the weather was wonderful and it was nice just sitting outside and getting away from it all. Branden's grandparents came up as well and we enjoyed visiting with them as we always do!

This was a special weekend it ended up being Branden's grandpa's birthday and so we got to celebrate that with him even though they hunted all day it was special to get to sing to him on his birthday! There are now four generations of the Weeks that Kaleb will single handedly have to carry on, no pressure or anything.

 

 

One night we had a camp fire and enjoyed making smores and Kaleb decided he would serenade us all with his music and Addi danced along. We had such an amazing time with our family and can't wait to go back and make some more memories!

To do or not to do?

Well, for the past month I have been convicted and struggling with the thought of halloween coming up. Ever since Kaleb was born we have done halloween, I wouldn't say celebrated but we definitely got our fair share of candy. I asked around and got other people's views, and I researched where halloween really came from and why people celebrate it today. I understand that "most" people don't celebrate the dead or worship the devil or do evil things on halloween, but there are still those who do and as Christians we are called to be different and to flee from evil.

In 1 Thessalonians 5: 21-22 is says "Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil." As many would agree, there is no good in halloween it is evil. Everything from witches to the ghosts and demons to the devil are evil and many people celebrate that on halloween. I would never want to be a stumbling block for my children or cause them to question God and their faith in him.

Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will." I don't want to be like the world and just see this as another fun holiday there are definitely some evil things lurking around on that night  and I don't want to give Satan any reason to come and bother my family.

Now, I am not saying that halloween is wrong for everyone, but for "The Weeks" we will not be partaking in this candy ritual.

Ephesians 5: 8-11, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."