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Ah those wonderful Thanksgiving dinner leftovers! They are just as good the day after as the day of, at least in my opinion. I can eat turkey sandwiches for a week after Thanksgiving and not tire of them. It is the week after Thanksgiving. Many have left the warm confines of their homes and ventured out into the wild world of Black Friday. Some were out at midnight for those specially advertised sales. Others have been waiting in line since way before daylight.
But not me; nope I have made it a rule for myself to do everything possible to never even leave home on the day after Thanksgiving. If at all possible I’m staying in, watching movies and yes, eating on those delectable Thanksgiving leftovers. I might even watch the news to see how shoppers have fared on their day-after excursions. Some of the stories are tragic and others just plain old funny. On either end of the stick I’m glad that I’m not one of the stories.
Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t have anything against those who enjoy the Black Friday experience – To each his own. I really hope they find what they are looking for and have a wonderful time in the process. Folks it just isn’t my cup of tea and I don’t think you’ll ever find me out in the crowd. If you need me, I’ll probably be right here at home.
The word “leftovers” often doesn’t get the right rating. A lot of people snarl their nose at leftovers. In the Bible there were two times when a miracle of Jesus produced leftovers. Once He had fed five thousand people with a few fish and a few loaves of bread and on another occasion the number was three thousand with the same menu. Each time there was more leftovers than what He originally started with. You know what; I think I might have liked to have tried those Heavenly leftovers.
In Nehemiah 12:46 we read, “For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.” The people were remembering how it had been during the days of David and Asaph. The offices of the singers were very important to these men in the worship of God. After their thanksgiving celebration the people of Israel under Nehemiah’s direction were trying to duplicate that so as to re-establish the wonderful worship of days gone by. In a sense they were making trying to stretch the leftovers of their own worship for the coming days. I believe that was a good thing.
When we have an unusually good time of worship with our Lord we want to bask in the leftovers of that experience, and we should. That wonderful feeling of worship and closeness to God is something we want to last on and on. It makes us to want to stretch that experience until the next one. It’s a Heavenly leftover that we can always look forward to.
I pray that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I sincerely hope that things went well for you and you made memories that will serve as pleasant leftovers for a long time to come. We should want those kinds of leftovers. We need to cherish those times and remember them in our hearts. We never know when tragedy may strike and take away some of those family members we love. But we can always relive those good times in our minds.
It’s the same with our spiritual thanksgiving. Those times well spent with our Lord serve as pleasant memories that can encourage us in days to come. Hold fast to them. Never forget them. Keep them close to your heart. Then draw from them as the need arises. Of course there will be new experiences in the Lord. We’ll have more good times to come. But never forget them and always give thanks.
Jerry D. Ousley is the Author of five books, “Soul Challenge”, “Soul Journey” “Ordeal” “The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional” and his first novel “The Shoe Tree.” Listen to the daily broadcast Spirit Bread. Find out more by visiting www.spiritbread.com
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