Posts might be a little sparse this week. There's the holiday plus I need to finish my pre-Thanksgiving visits plus finish decorating the yard. However I wanted to open the week with a thanks.
As every Thanksgiving cook knows, thawing your turkeys early in the fridge is the key to a happy Thanksgiving. If you've ever made the mistake of pulling that bird out of the freezer on Wednesday afternoon and saying, "I wonder how long this takes to thaw?"...well, you only do it once before you learn.
In the case of church Thanksgiving, the turkey turns out perfectly if you remember to move it from the freezer to the fridge on Sunday after church. As usual, our Thanksgiving turkeys were in the church freezer this year. But with music, boys, more music, and then more boys yesterday my day was too jammed for me to eat dinner properly, let alone think ahead to Thursday's dinner. I smacked myself in the head this morning. "YOU FORGOT TO TAKE THE TURKEYS OUT OF THE FREEZER!"
I rushed over to church to free the birds from their icy prison and...and...and...some wonderful angel had already done it for me. There, as nice as you please, sat our Thanksgiving turkeys in the refrigerator, happily thawing and ready to go.
I love being in the kind of church where we quietly help each other out, making up for each other's oversights...including the pastor's occasional absentmindedness. That's so much better than a church where people complain or wait to see things go wrong before they fix them.
So thank you, Thanksgiving Angel! We'll all appreciate you on Thursday afternoon!
Don't forget that everybody is welcome to join us at 4:00. We'll have plenty of food! We also have a large and distinguished guest list already, so don't miss the party if you feel inclined to come!
--Pastor Dave (pastordave@geneseelutheranparish.org)
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