Our kids were adorable Trick-or-Treaters... JoJo was a "Pirate Pumpkin," and Abby was "Maid Marian"... not to mention Krypto, our Superdog!  And, I'll admit that I am excited about the one day of the year when no one thinks I'm (as much of) a nut for putting on a costume... so, yes, I was Superman, "The Man of Steel," and I frequently commended other adult trick-or-treaters for being "good citizens."

I laughed out loud yesterday at a grocery store when I saw a Halloween sign that said, "No One Over 12 Years Old Allowed in Masks." (I think that was a serious sign, though.)  But don't most of us wear masks often in our daily lives?  We put forward a fake "front," we try hard to look better than we really are... Of course we do! Who wants the world to know how we really are?!

At one point in the Gospels, Jesus really called out the religious leaders on this one, referring to them as "whitewashed tombs" (Matt. 23:27), pretenders who were really dead on the inside even though they were beautiful on the outside. Ouch. At first, stuff like that makes me not wanna read my Bible, until I remember that it was written by the One who loves me unconditionally in spite of all my mess... So my mask comes off (my secret identity is out!