Blogs4God salutes you if you avoided the “orgy known as Black Friday” especially if you restrained yourself from buying some of the Jesus Junk that is currently available. Lets see how you fare tomorrow on Cyber Monday, the web equivalent of Black Friday. Its when connected Americans go online and spend lots of money after Thanksgiving. And those who shop from overseas can also benefit from the savings so I guess that impacts everyone.
As I ask myself what i really need, and how many of them do i already have . .. a thought comes to mind from LUKE 3:11 [thanks Matt]
So the crowds were asking him, “What then should we do?”
John answered them, “The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none; and the person who has food must do likewise.”
Or in other words, our secondary possessions are up for grabs. Thats how I read it and it often keeps me from buying the extra thing or the second thing. And if i do buy it, I am already thinking about who might need the item i am replacing.
Related: Jesus Junk in 2002, monastic simplicity.
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Andy-
Love this thought, and I just cross-posted on it.
Just one question: did you mean to cite Luke 3:10-11, rather than John 1:10-11?
Peace…
Mind if I ‘cut-n-paste’ your post as a follow-up over at blogs4God?
Cyber-Monday … gives a chance to list more fun stuff.
Drop me a line.
go for it, dean.
and thanks matt for the correction.
thanks for reminding us of this. you are one of several that have reminded me lately that things are just things. i can’t take it with me, there are no u-hauls between this life and the next, in Heaven. blessings on you, friend.
you’ve been blogged, deal with it !-)
I wouldn’t put Cyber Monday in the same category as Black Friday. For online shoppers, it could very well be any day of the year. No lines to deal with. No stampedes for the loss-leading item at 5am.
right – less hassle , but still a lot of spending . . .
Akamai noted a 35% increase in web traffic to US retailers on Monday.
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