6th Thanksgiving Picture

This picture portrays Abby doing something useful, and shows that she has ever so good intentions!!! Who knows ~ maybe Samantha and Abby will play duets someday!

Also, we have dear Lyddie showing them how it's done...

5th Thanksgiving Picture

Can anyone guess who this is? (Show of hands, please.)

4th Thanksgiving Picture

Imagine one family feeding their children cake every day. You look at the table and they see their slice of cake with the place setting perfectly set. The fork and knife are all set and ready at their fingertips and you expect them to just sit and enjoy what others may not have the opportunity to have.

Now imagine another family that also feeds their children cake. This family however, doesn't have nice silverware or even a table. They just tell the children where the cake is, but don't really give directions how to eat it or even enjoy it because they don't know how to either. The children know that the cake is in the refrigerator but due to lack of direction, they eat it with their hands as best as they can.

Now I'm sure most readers are wondering what cake has to do with the picture, or what point I'm trying to make. Frank and I were talking yesterday about people born and raised in Christian families, and those raised without the benefit of a Christian home. No matter where we are born or how we are raised, we all ultimately make a choice about what we are going to believe. Those born in Christian homes (the family who was taught to eat cake with silverware) know they way they are supposed to walk. Still, it will be their choice whether they want to be saved. Those born without the Christian influence (the family that eats cake with their hands) will need to be taught how to do things properly, the true way to salvation. We who eat cake with a fork can't look down in scorn at those who eat cake with their hands. If they haven't been taught to eat cake with utensils, how can we expect them to do it right?

This was Frank's analogy, and I really enjoyed it. He should really be a preacher ~ at least to my thinking. All comments would greatly be appreciated.

Oh yes, and Abby's (pictured above with Frank) is being taught to eat cake with a fork (figuratively, in keeping with the analogy). I'm not sure that's how she prefers it...in real life. ;)