We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20
Today is Black Friday.
This day of shopping and sales historically put merchants in the black for the year. (Hence: Black Friday.) And from then on, everything else for merchants was joyful profit.
I read a news story this morning in a Christian magazine. It was an older man remembering his father's wisdom when television came into their homes in the 1950s. People were saying, "Think of this mediums potential to educate and inform." The wise old man simply said, "That box is just being planted in homes to help companies sell more stuff."
He was prophetic. We've become more and more materialistic ever since the invention of television (whether we did it or not because of it).
And so we begin this mad rush Christmas asking whether this season will be about materials and possessions ... or whether we will "wait in hope for the Lord."
Hope obviously doesn't come through stuff. This holiday season may you find blessing, hope, and joy in richer faith and personal experiences with family.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who will shop
for a few things,
but will most importantly
work to wait on the Lord
... and with hope
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