Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. God has blessed all of us in ways we may not even notice now, and it is not a meaningless exercise to allot some time to consider these many gifts. Traditionally the ancients would celebrate by feasting for days or all week in some cases. Our culture frowns on that kind of gluttony, but feasts do form a unique type of celebration. Our God is a god of celebration. For an amazing Thanksgiving sermon, I’d recommend listening to Tim Keller’s free sermon called “Lord of the Wine.”
Lord of the Wine, John 2:1-11

Here are a few photos of our meal:

We don’t make much Jello at our house, and my mom recently bought some really nice molds. It took a little creativity to get it out (you have to put the mold in warm water for about ten seconds), but it came out very orange and very tasty.

I had my dad put the turkey on the table for the photo before we carved it up. Also, my mom’s pecan pie is second to none. Most pecan pies are made of cheap filling with a thin layer of pecans on top. Not this one: it is made of pecans all the way through with the syrup filling in the cracks.