Most everyone who knows me, knows I have a thing for Halloween. But I also have a thing for God. While I do have fun celebrating a holiday that has pagan origins and ties to the occult — I celebrate it as a time to be a kid again, a time to express creativity, and a time to be silly and be “someone else” for a bit, even if only for a few hours. Even as a kid and a teenager, I never did anything evil on or around Halloween. Most people don’t, do they?
One of my favorite emails received (that I repost every year) is this:
It’s called “God’s Jack”…
Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin.
God lifts you up, takes you in,
and washes all the dirt off of you.
He opens you up, touches you deep inside
and scoops out all the yucky stuff–
including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed.
Then He carves you a new smiling face
and puts His light inside you to
shine for all the world to see.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. –Chronicles 2: 14
made by a brunnette 
WOW!!! Thanks so much for sharing this!! Love the pumpkin, love the poem!!
I love your poem and scripture. Thank you!
What a wonderful poem and sentiment about a “wicked” holiday. Makes me look at it a little bit differently. Thanks for sharing.