PENnED

Read: Psalm 42:1-11

 ⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast? 
   Why so disturbed within me? 
Put your hope in God, 
   for I will yet praise him, 
   my Savior and my God.

I know what it means to be downcast on Black Friday (BF). Let me re-tell the story that I told an FB (Facebook) friend about an early BF experience:

My two boys and I were on our way home from a Thanksgiving celebration when we decided to go to Frys to experience–for the first time!–Black Friday shopping. We had no intention of buying anything. But while in the computer section, I asked a rep what was the best offer for a good laptop and she said, “The Lenovo for $150.” My son who makes his own desktop PC said it was a pretty good price, so we took our chance. We didn’t get it. After marching in a long line, we were told, “Sorry guys, no more.”

No wonder it’s called Black Friday. But how can we turn BF into Bright Friday? The opening of Psalm 42 reads,

 ¹ As the deer pants for streams of water, 
   so my soul pants for you, my God. 
² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 
   When can I go and meet with God? 

If we thirst for material stuff, we may  feel sad. But if we thirst for God, we’ll surely feel glad.