Farewell, RenFest
Yesterday, Sept. 17, 2017, Curt and I attended the Renaissance Festival in Minnesota. I would have to say that for the last 8 or 9 years we have attended a Renfest either in Minnesota or Kansas City almost every year. Ever since our first one I was hooked. Of course we had decided that if we attended we were going to dress up and become a part of the fun. So the first year I ordered a beautiful burgundy velvet gown and I felt like a queen! The people at the fair even treated me as such. It was like being in another time period and I loved it. Yes, the humor was a bit crude and the women showed a lot of cleavage and drinking was promoted but I was there for the experience! It was just like being in a medieval village with all sorts of shops and the entertainment and music was fun!
I know some of the people I knew, my children included, thought it was a little strange that I would enjoy something like that. And I can see why, because it is against most of what I was brought up to be...modest, temperate, and to not be like the world. And it is true, when I was there I did let my standards slip a little.
So this morning when I was having my devotions, I was reading in Galatians 5 and it said "the desires of our human nature and the desires of the holy Spirit are not the same thing. They are two powerful forces pulling in opposite directions so you can't always depend on what you feel as being the right thing to do." And then went on to list the works of the human nature...fornication, filthy language, debauchery, drunkenness, sexual perversions...just to name a few. Yup, they sounded a lot like what goes on at the Renaissance fair. And then later on in Galatians 6, I read: "If a man invests his time and energy in fulfilling the desires of his sinful nature, he'll reap for himself spiritual decay and eternal death. But if he invests his time and talents in what the Holy Spirit leads him to do, then he'll reap spiritual strength and eternal life."
So I told Curt that I would not be going to anymore Renaissance festivals. I can find better ways to use my time and money for the Lord.
I know some of the people I knew, my children included, thought it was a little strange that I would enjoy something like that. And I can see why, because it is against most of what I was brought up to be...modest, temperate, and to not be like the world. And it is true, when I was there I did let my standards slip a little.
So this morning when I was having my devotions, I was reading in Galatians 5 and it said "the desires of our human nature and the desires of the holy Spirit are not the same thing. They are two powerful forces pulling in opposite directions so you can't always depend on what you feel as being the right thing to do." And then went on to list the works of the human nature...fornication, filthy language, debauchery, drunkenness, sexual perversions...just to name a few. Yup, they sounded a lot like what goes on at the Renaissance fair. And then later on in Galatians 6, I read: "If a man invests his time and energy in fulfilling the desires of his sinful nature, he'll reap for himself spiritual decay and eternal death. But if he invests his time and talents in what the Holy Spirit leads him to do, then he'll reap spiritual strength and eternal life."
So I told Curt that I would not be going to anymore Renaissance festivals. I can find better ways to use my time and money for the Lord.
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