Most people associate October 31 with Holloween, darkness, fear, or superstition, but Scripture ties that date to something completely different. Did you know the Bible actually references a day that corresponds to October 31? In Nehemiah, God’s people gathered on what our calendar would line up with October 31 or late October. but the focus wasn’t ghosts or parties, it was repentance, fasting, and worship. “Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fast

You don’t speak up. Not really. You say what you think she wants to hear. You avoid tension. You hold back when something bothers you. And you call it love. But it’s not love. It’s fear. Fear of being too much. Fear of upsetting her. Fear of being rejected for being fully you. And that fear didn’t start with her. It started when you were a boy. When your job was to keep Mum happy. To behave. To make sure no one got upset. To manage other people’s emotions before your own. You weren’t taught to s