A Thanksgiving Surprise
Thanksgiving Goodies and Surprises
How was your Thanksgiving holiday?
We had a blast here at our house.
It was especially memorable this year, but more on that later!
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without my husband’s world-famous smoked turkey. (Famous in our little world, that is.)
I cooked pretty much everything else, including my Dad’s treasured pecan pie recipe.
Trust me; it is one tasty, break-your-diet, just-one-more-piece, kind of a delicious pecan pie.
A Thanksgiving Surprise
Does God have a sense of humor?
I believe that He does.
Something happened this Thanksgiving that we’ll never forget. We had a couple of friends coming over that evening and, as soon as they arrived, well, I wouldn’t believe it myself if I hadn’t been there.
We heard their knocks on the door, and I went to answer. As soon as I opened the door, our guests came in, and so did…
A bird!
I’m not kidding.
A bird flew in!!!
This little guy treated our house as his own personal airport. He flew upstairs and down, and all around, with the four of us gently trying to catch him.
We even got the big ladder out.
It was quite comical, and I wondered if this kind of thing ever happens to anyone else.
Maybe it was bird revenge because we were smoking one of his relatives!
Anyway, it took about twenty minutes for our fine-feathered visitor to get tired of flying from room to room.
For one last time, he flew down the stairs. One of our friends quickly opened the front door, and our little bird finally flew out.
What an adventure!
A fun Thanksgiving, indeed.
Jesus Knocks
Fortunately for all of us, eternal salvation is not elusive like that little bird.
In the book of Revelation, Scripture tells us what Jesus said to the lukewarm church in Sardis:
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. – Revelation 3:20, (ESV).
Do we understand what “opening the door means”?
It’s not just saying words like “I accept Jesus into my heart” that saves us.
Are we “lukewarm” like that church?
Do we have evidence of a changed life?
Are we living out our faith in Him, or just going through the motions every Sunday at church?
Do we put our complete trust in Him, or in our own ability to “handle things”?
Something to keep in mind.
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*Scripture quotation is from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
