To choose or not to choose, that is the Thanksgiving quandary (standard:humor, 918 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 22 2009	Views/Reads: 3047/1999	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The door to my office exploded as hundreds, at least it seemed that many to me, of children surrounded my desk. My defenses were down and the merry mob held me captive. Wisely, I decided to surrender and throw myself on the mercy of the gang.

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difficulty expressed itself in a three-fold choice. I still am a little 
confused about the whole thing, but somehow I maneuvered through the 
theological quagmire. 

The Master Chef at the parsonage put it to me like this; which do you
prefer? A pre-Thanksgiving turkey, a mid-Thanksgiving turkey or a 
post-Thanksgiving turkey? 

To me there was a slice of truth in all three, which is why I staggered
at the predicament. 

What do I really know about things like this? As far as I was concerned,
a turkey is a turkey is a turkey. Moreover, a turkey by any other name 
is still good eating at Thanksgiving dinner. 

My nutritional philosophy is rather simple — do not confuse me with
options. Just set the blessed thing before me, give me a fork and let 
me go. 

Unlike other years, this year a shortage of turkey threatened our little
domicile and my wife was not sure there would be enough to go around. 
For this reason, she suggested I, who bought the turkey in the first 
place, should choose. 

This is the basic difference between the sexes. Women love to plan the
meals ahead of time and in microscopic detail. Men just love to eat 
those meals without the necessity of any noodle-work. 

The biblical adage is my motto: "And they, continuing daily with one
accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat 
their meat with gladness and singleness of heart." (Acts 2:46 KJV.) 

My theological mindset notwithstanding, my life companion insisted I
choose between roast turkey and turkey salad sandwiches. What a choice. 


There are other choices in life far more serious. 

Joshua, in the Old Testament, understood this and challenged the people
of his day. "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you 
this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served 
that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, 
in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the 
LORD" (Joshua 24:15 KJV). 

I'm with Joshua on this one. 


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