Evendays

You’ve heard the story of the preacher’s family with a load of folks over for Sunday lunch. When they finally sat down to eat, the preacher asked his little daughter to pray. She was embarrassed and said she didn’t know what to pray. “Well, just pray like mommy!”, he replied. So everyone bowed their heads as the little girl started her prayer with: Dear Lord! Why did I invite all these people over for lunch today?

We ended up being 29 for a wonderful Thanksgiving evening. Wife made 4 pies, prepared the 17.5 pound turkey, fixed enough dressing, green beans, home-made rolls, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes for everyone. Our guests brought desserts, salads, appetizers, drinks, bottles of wine, flowers and chocolates.

After all that work, and it’s a lot of work as most of you know, the Children and Wife and Laura (guest) and I were finishing up the bit that was left to do when Wife exclaimed: Look at all this stuff people brought us. We made out like bandits!

Now there’s a thankful heart. Hope your thanksgiving was thankful too. Even during clean-up…

(And don’t forget to pray with us on Saturday-Sunday.)