November 23. 2016.
The day before Thanksgiving.
Arguably the largest family gathering and the most complicated meal of the
year.
The easy part of this is a
checklist meal. You know what I mean by checklist, a) Turkey 2) Stuffing etc etc etc
The hard part is to actually
reflect on yourself over the past year. I would think that the Jewish
equivalent to Thanksgiving would be Rosh Hashanah. However, we Gentiles simply
have evolved (or devolved depending on your point of view) to the point of
gorging ourselves on Turkey, pie and football.
Our families Thanksgiving
celebration is nothing compared to what it used to be. My parents have recently
passed away, and with that, the glue which held our clan together. My elder
children are living on the Left coast, along with my grand children...so its
our family of four...and memories.
Can we get back our spiritual
connection with Thanksgiving? Can we make room for our Creator?
I have a confession to make.
Two years ago, we started attending a church, Calvary Chapel of Baltimore. This
church is down to earth, and is not concerned in the least with building
projects, luncheons or cruises to the Promised Land. In some regards its a
boring church, however quite a few of us are damaged goods, and this church is
all we can handle. I thank God for this church.
I was challenged a couple of
years ago, by our Assistant Pastor Josh Plantoff, to do a daily reading of the
Bible. A methodical reading through the ENTIRE
Book.
So I started to do just that.
I had to mix it up and not get bogged down with the Begot this or Begot
that...so I broke the Bibles 66 books into categories.
Historical
Prophetic
Gospel
Epistles
Other
I listed each book and
basically read 1 to 2 chapters each morning, before any news comes on or even
the TV gets turned on. To be honest my morning coffee and Bible reading has
become the most important part of my day. Not that I've become a Bible scholar,
but I have become centered, and not so focused on the daily political offerings
or the beating of the war drum.
So here we are, day before
Thanksgiving. Im making a apple pie and brining the turkey...yeah,, and giving
Thanks.
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