Sermon on the Mount

       The Sermon on the Mount was very convicting. I will like to talk about anxiety. We haven't got to this section yet, but I will talk about it anyway! Anxiety is something I have really struggled with in my life. I often worry about what i will wear, and even more what I look like. I struggle with this so much! I guess it shows I have not a whole of faith, because when Jesus talks about this issue, he says if we worry, we have little faith. Also, it shows I don't trust God with my future. If i totally trusted him, I wouldn't worry about stupid things. 
     Some ways i plan on changing  my life are to trust in God more. I plan to get in the Word more and really KNOW who God is and his character. It's easy to say we know who God is, but it's different to say you KNOW him personally. I used to have a devotional every day, but I've been slipping away, so I plan to get back up and start to have a daily time with God again. I think by doing that, I will get to know God more and see who he really is. Also, I will try to think of others before myself. When I think of others, I won't be thinking about me, and therefore, I wont have to worry about me. I also plan on not spending so much time picking out what I'm going to wear each day. That is one of the main reasons I worry because I feel I have to look nice all the time for people to like me, but it doesn't really matter how I look, it matters that God loves me!
     I really like the Sermon on the Mount. It really challenged me to think about everything I do and gave me a basis to live on.

Halloween

I really liked this article. It made me think of where Halloween actually CAME from. It was interesting the customs the Celtics had in order to ward off evil spirits. I think a lot of the time, we don't think about the spiritual world, and I think we should think about it more. I mean there are deamons and things in the world today. Also, as Christians, we should take the opportunity of handing out candy to minister to kids who may not know God. But, as the writer said, we can't just give the people a tract, we need to explain it to them and show them how God has changed our lives. I do think it is okay to go trick-or-treating or hand out candy, but I don't think that we should go to Halloween parties where people wear provacative costumes, that is bad! I think it is okay to participate in some things of Halloween, but if we start to focus on that stuff more than God, it could be very bad. As the article said, we don't put as much emphasis on God in Halloween like we do Christmas or Easter, and we should instead, put a lot of emphasis on God and take Halloween as an opportunity to minister to others.
     Well, in conlusion, I think Halloween isn't to bad to participate in as long as you don't worship Satan or go to parties and wear nasty costumes and get drunk. I really enojyed this article and I learned a lot about where halloween came from that I didnt know. It was interesting to read about how scared the people were of the evil spirits, but we shouldbe careful because there are evil spirits here too, we just may not be aware of it.