Thanksgiving at my sister’s house is always a wonderful time. Her turkey is beautiful and delicious. She took this beautiful photograph of one of her wonderful turkeys.
Remembering Need in the Holy Season
We sit down to celebrate our Thanksgiving
Our plates full of turkey and fixings
Our homes warm and insulated
Our families together and full of love.
Our hearts filled to the brim with happiness
The next day starts the Christmas season
With the madness of Black Friday.
It is so easy to forget need
When our minds focus
On our wants.
We glance over needs sometimes, forgetting those
hungry and cold. Those alone and sick.
Jesus doesn’t forget.
He points to the need with outstretched arms, saying
“Feed my sheep.
Feed my sheep
Lift up the hungry, spread my word of hope
To those in need and in want.
I need you to Do Something”
This post is for the Two Shoes Tuesday’s hop where the words for the day are Need or Want.
Also contributing to these hops:
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There is such a lack of respect for authority and when the police are doing their job, and a teen is robbing a store, there is no good ending to that kind of story. The riots are uncalled for. Yes, we can do something and that is pray for our schools to teach respect and pray for Bible Clubs to reach more children with the gospel. Thanks for sharing at Tell me a Story.
That bird does look very handsome.
Thanks, Mary, for saying what we all know, but sometimes choose to forget about. Feed the hungry, care for the sick, give of ourselves – we are one. Happy Thanksgiving.
So beautiful!
Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Powerful, wonderful! A quiet testimonial to what is truly important and needed in life. Taking care of others, and sharing what we have in material goods, time and talents. I loved your poem Mary! I refuse to buy into the Black Friday madness. We never heard those words growing up and we don’t need them now. We didn’t start Advent before Thanksgiving either. You wrote this beautifully, thank you!
I know. I never heard of Blck Friday until my first year as a newspaper reporter. My editor told me to do a story on Black Friday. He had to school me on it first. I had never heard or shopped on Black Friday. My family was to poor.
Jesus not only said “Feed my sheep” but also said “feed my lambs” to reiterate how important it was to help those in need. Great reminder for this season of the year Mary.
Thank you for the kind and supportive response. I had notice both lambs and sheep til now.
Hi Mary ~~ A perfect poem for the Thanksgiving holidays. The Pilgrims and the Indians all shared what they have, many of both were not doing so good.
Your post reminded me of Matthew 25:40, where Jesus said,
“40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
and more,
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”
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Jim, this is one of my favorite passages. Thanks for adding it to the discussion.
“I need you to DO something,” excellent last line!
Have a lovely holiday.
We are going to do something this year. Working on a plan. Thanks.
“Jesus doesn’t forget.
He points to the need with outstretched arms, saying
“Feed my sheep.
Feed my sheep”
Had my mind so wrapped around the happenings of Ferguson these past couple of days – I needed this reminder of helping where I could. Thank you.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I am watching the news and live press conference now. I am praying for peace for Ferguson. I know there is so much pain and anger. Jesus is the answer. Thanks for stopping by and sharing this with me.