Right away,
I’m just going to apologize that this is such a short post. I’ve been extremely
busy, but I wanted to get this off my chest.
A friend of
mine did a presentation in one of my classes on how some businesses, such as
K-Mart and Target, are having Black Friday sales that begin on Thanksgiving. As
a result, many employees are forced to work during a time when they should be
at home celebrating with their families. These stores exploit their power over
their employees, threatening to fire anyone who is not willing to sacrifice
their Thanksgiving for their job.
I think
that is just horrible. Thanksgiving is a day to spend time with family and be
thankful for all that God has given us. How greedy is it to deprive people of
that opportunity! No one should be told when he or she can or cannot give
thanks.
I admit, we
are all supposed to be thankful year round about the many blessings God bestows
on us. However, Thanksgiving is a day dedicated to just that. Of course, the
origins of the holiday come from the Pilgrims and the Native Americans (who I’m
sure didn’t really sit down and eat together all lovey-dovey, but it’s the
principal of the thing) and all that jazz. It is a holiday that commemorates
the idea of being thankful in general, so it is not necessarily a Christian holiday.
Regardless, Christians direct that thankfulness to God every year on the fourth
Thursday of November.
And yet,
here are these businesses that want to take even that away. It’s times like
these that sadden me. It opens my eyes to how dark the world can be sometimes. Well,
I refuse to support this along with my friend. Black Friday madness is one
thing, but expanding it to Thanksgiving is another. So tomorrow, I will be
eating and celebrating, putting aside a specific day to thank God for all of
the many blessings He has given me.
God deserves
to be thanked at all times, especially tomorrow.
