Turkey on the mind

I have been thinking about turkeys a lot the last couple of days. Yesterday, we made plans to get our turkeys for our church dinner. This morning, we put a new bulletin cover for our mini-sermon series for Thanksgiving: No Jive Turkeys Allowed. Rachelle and I have to decide between turkey or ham for the holliday. Personally, we both prefer ham but turkey can be really good as well.

My first turkey experience as an adult is a fond memory of not knowing what to do with the frozen bird. (Where was the food network when I needed it?) So I did all I knew to do and chased my young bride around the house with the turkey neck. Why do they even bother to give you the neck in the first place?

The first wedding I officiated was done for a young lady who grew up on a turkey farm. I've seen wild turkeys in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and California which isn't bad for a guy who doesn't hunt. When I bowl three consecutive strikes on Wii bowling, I get a turkey. We know that Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird, and I guess by the way we act sometimes that would have been more than appropriate.

So turkey is on the mind...any point to this? Let me stretch my neck out for one...I often hear people ask why we don't eat turkey more often...it has been relegated to a Thanksgiving and Christmas meal. How often have I been guilty of relegating God to a "special occasion only Lord" in my life. I have tasted and I have enjoyed the goodness of God only to forget about for seasons of my life. In my mind, that makes me the turkey. Don't be a turkey, let God do His great work in your life this day and every day.