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Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 27,2019 From One Turkey to Another From The Bible By Jerry Kingery Special to the Ledger Dr. James L. Snyder As a child, my favorite holiday was Christ mas, second only to my birthday. These holidays were important because of the gifts I received. Oh, did I look forward to those hol idays and all the presents I was going to delight in. And delight, I certainly did to the extreme. Then slow ly things changed. I got mar ried and we began having children. It was then I discovered Christmas was different. I was the one paying for all the Christmas presents, not to mention the tree and the orna ments. I never realized how much Christmas cost. The older the kids got, the more expensive it was. By the time Christmas is over, I am officially broke. My New Year’s resolution is usually, “I’m never going to do that again.” I keep it un til Thanksgiving, which throws me off my game. I soon discovered a holiday I could delight in. That holiday was Thanksgiving. At Thanksgiving, there are no presents to buy, so my checkbook remained closed for that holiday. Of course, I did get the bill for the turkey we were having but that usually came in August. Outside of that, I could enjoy Thanksgiving without it costing me an arm and a leg. Also, this is the only holiday where I can neglect my diet and get away with it. I can set around the table with family and friends and eat to my “stomach’s” content. Believe me; it takes an awful lot to get to that point of content ment. I will not say that I abuse the opportunity, although I do, I just will not admit to it. I love saying, “Can I have another piece of pumpkin pie?” The stare the Gra cious Mistress of the Parsonage throws in my direction is priceless. I usually throw a smile back at her. Then I hear somebody say, “Of course you can. Let me have your plate.” The smile on my face at that time stays with me for days, because nothing my wife can do with so many witnesses. This is not to say I do not get in trouble at Thanksgiving time. I do not know a holiday in which I do not get in trouble. For many years, Thanksgiving has been free from trouble. Thanksgiving trouble was inserted this year to my deep regret. A couple of days before our Thanksgiv ing dinner I was sitting in my easy chair. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage was out in the kitchen putting togeth er the Thanksgiving dinner. I was not paying attention; I was watch ing something on TV. I then heard a strange word from the kitchen. “Could you come and help put the turkey in the oven?” What took me as strange is the fact that I never have been allowed to do any kind of work in the kitchen. Believe me, there is a story be hind that. An invitation to come to the kitchen to do some work took me off my guard. But just for a second. As I got up from my chair, a crazy thought began dancing in my head. I began to chuck le to myself. I quietly asked myself, “Will it work?” You do not know something is going to work until you do that something. I thought I could catch my wife off her guard. I asked her to repeat herself and she said, “Can you put the turkey in the oven?” I thought I heard her correctly and this was confirmation. “I sure can.” Walking into the kitchen, the oven door was open, I walked over to my wife acting like I was going to pick her up and put her in the oven. It was all I could do to keep from laughing at this point. As I got near, I could hear her say, “Touch me and the wrong turkey’s going into the oven.” For a while, I could not stop laughing and final ly, she started laughing. I was able to stop long enough to put the “real turkey” in the oven. She said something weird, “I’m not going to thank you because you’ve already gotten enough thanks.” I left the kitchen and headed for my chair and I heard her softly say, “I better not read this in your column next week.” Pretending that I did not hear comes rather naturally to me. As I evaluated that last statement, I concluded that she did not say I could not write about it in my column. She just said that she better not read it in my column. So, I think I’m on good ground. So, from one turkey to another, Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for the good things. It is a time to laugh at situa tions that any other time of the year would not be laughable. Sitting at the Thanks giving dinner table with all the family and friends around us I was smiling. Then I looked at the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. She looked back with “one of those stares” shook her head and mouthed See Snyder, page 7B Jesus called a Nazarene Now when Jesus was born in Bethle hem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. ... And, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frank incense, and myrrh. ... And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord ap- peareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceed ing wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had dili gently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamen tation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comfort ed, because they are not. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room See Bible, page 7B James L. 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Gary Collier Sunday School... 10:00 AM Worship Service.. 11:00AM Life Church Pastor Matthew Schluckebier Sr. Adult SS 9:30AM Sunday Service....10:45AM Westview Baptist Church Rev. Grady Morey Sunday School....9:45 AM Worship Service...11:00 AM Evening Worship...5:00 PM Kinchafoonee Baptist Rev. Melvin Slappy Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Evening Worship ..7:00 PM Smithville United Methodist Rev. Duane Whittaker Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School ...10:45 AM Palmyra Baptist J. D. Bolden Sunday School ...10:00 AM Morning Worship 12:00 PM Bible Study (1st Sun) .5:00 PM Eve. Wor. (1st Sun)7:00 PM McAfee Grove Missionary Baptist Minister Robert Lewis Morgan First & Third Sundays Sunday School ...10:00 AM Worship 11:00 AM Second & Fourth Sundays Sunday School 8:00 AM Worship 9:00 AM Macadonia Baptist Church Sunday School ...10:30 AM First Sunday Morning Worship 11:45 AM Third Sunday Evening Worship .6:00 PM Jordan Grove Baptist Rev. 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