Black Friday

It's the Friday after Thanksgiving and as of this writing some stores have been open for over 15 hours with their "Black Friday" specials offering the deal of a lifetime.
Call me old school, curmudgeonly, whacked out or simply out of touch, but when I hear the phrase "Black Friday" my thoughts turn to a different kind of black Friday.

My iWitness...

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour...(Matthew 27. 45)

Of course I am referring to the Friday afternoon that Jesus was crucified. Today it is known as Good Friday.

That three hours of darkness ushered in the beginning of the deal of an eternal lifetime.
Jesus' death on the cross was the one acceptable perfect sacrifice offered to God on behalf of all of us.

For all of the sin in the world justice had to be meted out and a price had to be paid to wipe the slate clean. Jesus took on the debt with His life and the balance sheet evened out for eternity.

With the resurrection of Jesus, death lost its grip on us and we now have the great promise of "life" after death.

And it all began on Black Friday...
Jesus offering the deal of a lifetime...
Life with him...
Life with faith...
Life in a community of believers
Life victorious...
Life eternal...

On this day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, I now turn my eyes toward Bethlehem, to follow a star, to be one of the "wise who still seek him" and to discover the mystery and the majesty of the newborn king.

Happy Black Friday!
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!