Thanksgiving Day

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Today was an unusual Thanksgiving day for us.  Unusual in that we ate a traditional Thanksgiving meal that Kelly Jo prepared and ate it as a family with only the three of us.  When we are in Ohio for Thanksgiving we are feasting with the Boggs Family one day and the Morgan Family another day.  Most years we are on the road some where and we usually eat at Cracker Barrel. They serve a great meal with turkey and all the trimmings and we have enjoyed it at various Cracker Barrels around the country.

But Kelly Jo was in Kroger the other day and ran smack dab into a deal on a turkey she just couldn't pass up.  She paid less than $5 for a 16 lb. bird and before you know it we were planning a big fiesta!  Here he is just as he went into the oven....

And Here he is a few hours later... He is ready to fall off the bone and jump into my mouth!

Here is Odie ready to jump in!

And here is the most moist turkey that has ever been prepared in the history of the civilized world! 

As I told you we eat most Thanksgivings in a Cracker Barrel so it has been quite a while since Kelly Jo has cooked a turkey.  She was more than a little nervous about how this one would turn out.  But I told her today that even though I vaguely remember saying something like this the last time, this is the absolute best turkey she has ever cooked!  It was awesome!

You might have noticed from the pictures above that we did not cook in the BoggsMobile.  It would be rather difficult to cook a big turkey in our Microwave/Convection oven so the folks here at Gainesville House of Prayer were kind enough to lend us their facilities for the day.  It worked out very nicely and we are thankful for their hospitality.

Now we are full, thankful and satisfied!  Thank you Lord for your blessings on me!

God bless you all!

Davy

Focus of My Thanksgiving This Year-2010

Thank God for friends. I have been blessed through the years with very many friends. God has placed men in my life from around this nation and beyond that encourage me on a regular basis. I thank God nearly everyday for these God given friends. 

Nearly Ten years ago while we were living in Kansas I sent "thank you" cards to many of my "Heroes" in the faith. Great men who took time to befriend me and their friendships proved to be invaluable. 

Over a period of several days I sat down and wrote or typed my heartfelt thanks to the many men who had a great spiritual influence on my life. I go back and read the copies of those cards occasionally and I always weep from a thankful heart. 

In the ensuing years there have been a whole new crop of men spring up and take on the role of friend in my life.  They have joined the others as my encouragers, role models, teachers, mentors, confidants and defenders. I thank God for these friends. 

I suppose it's time to sit down and write a whole new stack of "thank you" notes to these additional friends and spiritual heroes that God has placed in my life. 

However, I have been thinking about a totally different class of friends in the last few days leading up to Thanksgiving. I don't really know what to call these friends. 

Maybe...

"Friends I haven't seen in a very long time and that I hardly ever talk to any more but I still think about and thank God for on a consistent basis because I could Not have faced certain parts of life without them."

You know what I'm talking about?  If you are young, perhaps you don't. It is like this: They are like friends I had in high school that I believed were life long friends. I would never be separated from them... No way!

But I haven't seen some of those high school friends since graduation day over 25 years ago. If I have seen them it was briefly at a funeral or wedding or the WHS Alumni banquet I attended in May that was about as exciting as a wedding and as sad as a funeral in a weird twisted kinda way. I digress. 

What happened to those high school friends? We didn't get mad. We didn't argue. We didn't choose new friends or dump old friends. Life just moved on and we moved with it. It is the way life works. 

But the friends I have been thinking of were more important to me And my family than high school friends. We shared much more!

We shared spiritual experiences, Campmeetings, revivals, baptisms, dedications, Sunday school, Wednesday night prayer meetings, weeping altar services, singing, shouting, healings and the list goes on and on. 

We shared meals... Lots of meals!  

We have had long conversations about doctrine, preaching, music, temptations, food, feelings, fears, faith, families and numerous other subjects. 

In other words we connected deeply and stayed connected for years. These friends were as crucial to me then as my dearest friends are now. 

But life moved on.  Time, distance, several cross country moves, jobs, college, kids and the general busyness of life has interfered with some of our friendships. Of course the fact that my calling keeps us on the road most of the year and we relocate to a different city every week hasn't helped the cause any. Lol

I have been thinking of friends that fall into this category. These are the friends I have been wondering about this week. These are the friends I have been thanking God for this week. 

I have been thanking God for them and asking God to bless them for the close times we have experienced. I am a better man for knowing them and for the investments they made in my life. I am a better Christian for the prayers they have prayed and the seeds they have sown in my life. 

So I give praise and glory to God on Thanksgiving Day for Friends I haven't seen in a very long time and that I hardly ever talk to any more but I still think about and thank God for on a consistent basis because I could not have faced certain parts of life without them.

If you happen to be one of the folks I am thanking God for today, please know that I love you, we love you and we pray for you and will always cherish the part you played in our lives.

Oh, and call me any time!

Davy

Thankful NOT to be in Montana!

We absolutely love our friends the Metzgers in Montana along with all the fabulous folks from Sun Valley Church. Our family cherishes these people. We loved spending a few weeks with them this summer. We love their beautiful state. We love worshipping in their church. We will forever be grateful that they took us in and loved us as their own. I would love to be apart of their Thanksgiving traditions and eat the wonderful meals I know they will prepare.

But I am Soooooooo thankful I am not there this week! The picture above is their temperature right Now! The pictures below are of the forecast the next few days. It's 80 today here in Gainesville, Texas and going down to 44 tomorrow and the 20s tomorrow night. But ZERO in the daytime on Wednesday before Thanksgiving???

No, I'm sorry, Bro. Metzger, I am Very Thankful NOT to be in Montana today.

Build a fire, crank up the thermostat I need some heat!

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving day. May God bless you and your family.

Davy

Camping World

This is Wal-Mart Super Center for folks like us that live in an RV. They have just about everything you could possibly need for a camper/trailer/motorhome and they are spread out all over the country.

Just like Wal-Mart though, you stop for a few $1 items but you always pick up a few must haves and a few super bargains. Before you know it you've spent $100! You saved $2 on this, $1.50 on that and $3 on something else. You keep saving money at that rate and you will soon be bankrupt!

Well that's Camping World in a nut shell. Just like Wal-Mart except for RVers. I am running in as we pass by on our way to church because I really need to replace a few things. I should be spending less than $30... We will see...

Let's all say it together as we walk inside....
I won't spend $100...
I won't spend $100...
I won't spend $100...
I won't spend $100...

Oh forget it, I'm not fooling anybody but myself, where's my debit card?

UPDATE: Only Spent $74.45... But they didn't have the MAIN thing I stopped for! Lol

Davy

Dreaming...

Nope, I'm not eating Bro. Bill Parks Cajun Shrimp Boil or a Five Guys Cheeseburger...

Or a Ron's Double Big Daddy, Mountain Lion in Montana or Spanky's Two+ lb cheeseburger...

Or Kelly Jo's German Sundae, Red Lobster's Endless Shrimp or Burrito from Humberto's...

Or Green Chili or a huge Chicken Fried Steak from Cotton Patch...

But I can dream can't I?

Davy

Sunday 11/21

Pastor Kenneth Rowe and his wife Sis. Andra
Below is the Jones family from the Keller church.

Tonight was the last night of revival at Keller Holiness church in Keller, Texas. We have had a great time here again this year. The services were good and we were blessed with visitors too.

We will be preaching Tuesday night at Victory Tabernacle in Watauga. Bro. Ben Shaw is the interim Pastor there. We love being around Bro. and Sis. Shaw. They are great folks. We were at Victory in February for a benefit singing and we are looking forward to going back.

God bless you all.

Davy