Black Friday ..ahhhh!

You can see that I am posting more than I usually do. I just had a weekend worthy of blogging about. With explorations, travels, wild moments and Black Friday. I went against my gut and decided to rough Black Friday for a deal on one specific item we wanted for Micah.

Early Friday morning we head out to Murray Wal-Mart with a quick stop at Huddle House for a large coffee (much needed). Then to the store we went. The parking lot was like something you would see at a theme park. I thought we might need a tram to reach the front door faster. Once in we moved through the herd to our trough (toy department pallet holding the one item we wanted). We waiting until the announcement went on the intercom to "Open the pallets". It sounded like Christmas day with the ripping of packaging. I helped a lady load a box into a cart and got ours next. Afterward we navigated AROUND the electronics department due to the fact that the herd was stampeding and we didn't want a part of that at all. Buffy and I moved around the store picking up some deals. We decided it would be best for me to hang around in one spot and she would do the scavengering. So I sit back drank my coffee and watched the madness. There was pushing, shoving, words I won't repeat.

It must have been pretty bad around the electronics department because "Tha Law" was there. There was three to be exact.

After our cart was full of the things we wanted we heard a rumor that the automotives was checking people out. We slowly moved that way and it was TRUE. We checked out immediately and moved out the door passing the crowd of people waiting to check out.

Although it was funny to watch people act like fools over deals it was also sad. What has this Holy day become? When retail stores are not safe to shop in and people act out in anger and hatred? This is not what it is about people!

Hope was Born on Christmas! A light that shines in the darkness and judging by the attitude of people the darkness is very evident. That light will pierce the darkness just like the star of Bethlehem. Shining down on Jesus our Savior. It is written in Luke 2:10 : "I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people". Let us remember that day and take joy in that instead of a deal at Wal-Mart.

By the way look at what I found at Walmart on 54 in Owensboro:

Pallets full of the very thing people were fighting for on Black Friday. Yesterday I just had to take a picture of that.