Good Morning, God,
The headline stories of late have been about the past couple of special shopping days - Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The good news is for retailers - the sales for both days are up significantly over last year. the good news is also for some consumers - they got what they wanted at super prices.
The bad news is, though, not the monetary prices that were paid, but the prices that were paid in terms of being very competitive with each other, harming each other - the one who used pepper spray in the crowd, for example, not being with and in a family gathering on Thanksgiving for being in line very early to stake a claim to shop.
Then, Lord, there is the sad idea that a lot of this boils down to greed.:A lot of the purchases made were not to give to others as gifts at Christmas, but to get for ourselves at a cheap price.
Lord, where we are greedy and selfish, humble us and make us generous, loving givers.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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