Shopping, Traditions, and a Different Kind of Friday
Thanksgiving week brings busy calendars, full tables, and, of course, Black Friday.
When we think about Black Friday in Peachtree City, we often picture crowded aisles and overflowing shopping carts. However, Scripture invites us to look past discounts and remember a far more important Friday long ago.
Where Did “Black Friday” Come From?
The term Black Friday has an interesting history outside our local malls and outlets.
In the 1800s, it described a financial crash triggered by greed and market manipulation.
Later, police in Philadelphia used it for post-Thanksgiving crowds flooding streets before the Army-Navy game. Eventually, retailers embraced the name, celebrating the day profits moved from red ink into the black.
The Darkest Friday in History
Yet even the wildest Black Friday lines cannot compare to another Friday crowded streets once witnessed. During Passover in Jerusalem, the city swelled as Jesus was betrayed, tried, beaten, and led to Golgotha. There, soldiers nailed Him to a cross, and the gospel writers simply wrote, “They crucified Him.” That was the darkest Friday, when the innocent Son of God carried the weight of every sinner’s guilt.
Responding to the Darkest Friday
On the cross, Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them,” even for soldiers driving nails through His hands.
So, today, Black Friday in Peachtree City might remind us of crowds – but it should also point us toward the cross. Like the criminal who turned to Jesus, we admit our sin and our inability to save ourselves.
As many families in our community plan for Black Friday in Peachtree City, our congregation invites everyone to consider Jesus’ words from the cross.
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