Well it is just about the end of Thanksgiving and the beginning of Black Friday. Is there any greater contrast of days that fall back to back like these on our calender? I don’t think so.

Today was one of the best days this year. Today was Thanksgiving. Today I realized that this has become my favorite holiday. It took me 44 years to pick a winner, and I am picking Thanksgiving as the best holiday of the year.

Why?

Each Year for the past…umm..15 years I have gone down to my Dad’s and Step-moms beautiful old farmhouse in Shapliegh Maine. The house brims with stlye and character from the moment  you pull into the driveway. When you walk in you see one of the most beautiful cast iron stoves on the planet as the dominating feature of the kitchen/dinning area.

The smells of the cooking food is just amazing….

The love that was flowing in the house as we gathered was amazing. Love filled the room, laughter, conversation, hugs, and smiles all gave way to Thanks and blessings. We are blessed to have the family we do. We have gathered year after year and for some reason this year was so peaceful and wonderful. 11 of us gathered around the table and enjoyed each other and a boutiful supply of food.

We talked and shared stories as we ate and smiles and laughter and joy dominated the air that we breathed.

In about 34 minutes from now as I write this the clock will strike midnight and the end of Thanksgiving and the beginning of Black Friday. The Biggest and baddest self indulging shopping day of the year. People are already there I am sure. Lined up at the doors ready to get the deal of the century. I am sure many gave up their time to be with their family so they could secure their spot in line to make sure they were one of the first people through the door to snatch up the $199 Computer system, or the Flip Camera for only $99.00 but only for the first 100 people.

No worries about who got what for Christmas and I hope she likes it and man look at what he got…Blah Blah Blah…all the pressures of Christmas and tension around shopping has replaced the real reason for the season–The Birth of Our Savior has been forgetten and removed from much of society. It has been replaced by the insanity of Black Friday and the Now Savage Frenzy of millions of people who are right now lining the parking lots of best buys and many other stores ready to litterally KILL to get into the stores to get one of only 5 laptops at best buy that will be available for only $197.00…People will die again this year as they rage and race and trample anyone in their way.

Scratch That…I just looked up online and here is the deals at best buy on Black Friday Hot off the press.

Best Buy Black Friday deals are available now.  Today, Best Buy allowed Black Friday bargain hunters to purchase special Black Friday doorbuster deals early online.  Tomorrow, stores open at 5:00 am and locations are going to hand out tickets to those waiting to enter the Best Buy location starting around 3:00 am, at their discretion.  Then, shoppers have free reign on the Best Buy Black Friday deals.

What are the best Best Buy Black Friday deals?

$197 HP Laptop

$399.99 Sony Vaio

$999.99 46″ Samsung TV

$34.99 select video games, including Madden games

$299.99 Dynex 32″ TV

$299.99 PS3 120GB Hard Drive

$49.99 Insignia 10 mp Digital camera

All of the doorbusters EXCEPT THE $197 HP LAPTOP are available online right now.  There are limited quantities of the $197 laptop, but each store will have a minimum of 5 laptops.  Only 1 laptop per customer can be purchased.

I am sure people have been at the best buys all day today as we gathered at the table to share a meal, many others were in their sleeping bags and completely missed Thanksgiving so they could get the 46″ Samsung Tv For Only 999…or the HP Laptop for only $197.00

Let’s take a look at a few videos from previous years..

This man could not be saved..

A Riot at A Walmart

These are just a few of many you will find on youtube.com

People Giving Thanks And Sharing a Meal VS Insane people siting out in the cold for 2 days so they can be first inline for a PSP3?

What is going on here?

The Bible Calls It Covetousness…

Jeremiah 22:17 says… “Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innoncent Blood.

Luke 12:15 says…”And he(Jesus) said to them, Take Heed and beware of Covetousness, for ones life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.

Romans 7:7 Says…”What shall we day then? Is the law sin? Certianally Not! On the Contray, I would not have know sin except through the law, for I would not have known Covetousness unless the law had said, “You Shall Not Covet.”

Ephesians 5:2-3…ANd Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given himself for us, as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-Smelling Aroma. But fornication and all uncleannes or covetousness, let it not even be named among you.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

The last of the Ten Commandments says…You shall not covet your neighbors house;you shall not covet your neighbors wife, …

So millions and millions are right now flocking to the stores with the faded memory of Thanksgiving quickly seeping out of their minds and it is being replaced by Covetousness.

I won’t be joining them, as a matter of fact my wife wants to seed the money where it is needed…So does my step-mom. They are tired of the Christmas we have created here in America.

The Stark Contrast of the Message Of Christ Vs The Message of Satan…One is Day and light, the other is darkness and evil…

Thanksgiving is beautiful and lovely…Black Friday is Frantic and insane…

Thanksgiving brings people together in blessings and love…Black Friday brings anger, greed, fights and even Death.

Humm..Which one wins?  If you belong to Christ than it is thanksgiving, if you belong to the World, Black Friday wins…

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