Change Your Thanksgiving Story

Here is a story, that I heard many years ago. A young girl is watching her mother prepare a ham for Thanksgiving. Before she puts the ham into the pan, she cuts about six inches off of the end of it, and throws it away. The daughter asks the mother why she cuts the end off the ham. She replies; I'm not sure, but that is how my mother did it.

So, knowing that all the family is gathered in one place, she approaches her grandmother. She asks her grandmother why she cut the end off the ham, before preparing it. Her grandmother replies; I'm not sure, but that was how my mother did it.

In one final attempt, the young lady approaches her great grandmother. She asks why she cut the end of the ham, before cooking it. Her great grandmother replies; We only had one pan to cook with in our day. I had to cut the ham, so it would fit in the only pan we had.

An unknown writer said; You can't do much about your ancestors, but you can influence your descendants enormously.

I did not grow up in a Christian home. My parents did not grow up in a Christian home. And their parents did not grow up in a Christian home. For the multitude of reasons why this was the case; I have no control over that. But, here is what I do have control over:

~ ...but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. ~  Joshua 24:15b NLT

Would you change your story this Thanksgiving, and serve the Lord?

~ Tom Rogers ~
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[ by: Tom Rogers, Copyright © 2010 ( tomrogers@rocketmail.com ) -- submitted by: Tom Rogers ]