The day after we give Thanks…

I must say I am pretty full at the moment. Thanksgiving was amazing as it always is. I give thanks, for my loving family, my blessed friends, a roof over my head, the great land we live in. I give thanks, for the ultimate gift of love…a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. The gift he gave at the cross is what we should give thanks for most of all. Yet as I sit here writing this, at 4am tomorrow morning I have to open my store for what is know as Black Friday. I have participated in this for many years, and having open my store the past two years I am reminded of what our lord said.

Matthew 6:24-25

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on

I remember a few years ago I went with my mother to get some early Christmas shopping done. I remember being at a circuit city watching two women fight over the newest DVD portable players. Last year Independence mall here in Wilmington gave away 50 $50.00 gift cards to the first 50 people to get to the mall to shop. I remember seeing two men in a fist fight (I guess it wasn’t fun being #51). Police had to be called in and one of the men went to jail. I’m saying this all because I’m sure I will see my share of people’s selfishness tomorrow. I myself can be very selfish at times, yet this is why I try to memorize scripture, not using my humanistic side as an excuse but being the Change, because I have been changed. The sales are great, amazing even. Yet, debt isn’t. Debt leads to finical and even spiritual death if not kept in check. Let us honor our great God this Christmas. Let us be the difference. Let our Thanksgiving ring on…remembering the poor and being the Church, the body.