THANK GOD I’M NOT A TURKEY

When asked to write a school composition entitled, "What I'm most thankful for on Thanksgiving," a student wrote, "I am most thankful that I'm not a turkey!"

I agree! In my opinion, only a turkey WOULDN'T like Thanksgiving!

Sadly for some, Thanksgiving has become Football, Family, & Food – not gratitude to God. Some folks even go so far as to refer to the holiday itself as “TURKEY DAY.” :-(

However today is much more than a holiday celebration, it is a heart condition!

LiteralLy and figuratively I thank God I’m not a turkey!

But I do want to talk turkey in this article.


By definition A turkey is one of a quite few things….
1.) A fowl a particular North American Bird.

Christopher Columbus thought what he discovered was connected to India, and believed the bird he discovered (the turkey) was a type of peacock. He therefore called it 'tuka,' which is 'peacock' in Indian.

It has become the staple of Thanksgiving dinner and I personally look forward to Gooble Gooble-ing some this afternoon!

Also, Turkey is …..
2.) A far away land a country in Western Africa with a rich history.

Another definition of Turkey is theatre jargon for …..

3.) A failure or a flop, of a theatrical production .

Back in the 1800,s during the Thanksgiving holiday season , many third rate production plays were released quickly, put together hastily, to make a quick profit and closed after the first weekend because they were inferior and unsuccessful.

And yet another definition of Turkey is …..

4.) A fINE TRIO of strikes in bowling. Three consecutive strikes are called a “turkey”.

Why? Because during the Great Depression, at Thanksgiving the bowling proprietors would present a live turkey to people who scored three strikes in a row. Since “thirty” sounds like Turkey the term has carried over ever since.


But of course I am referring to what has interestingly become the most common use to the word outside of the bird itself, and that is…..
5.) A foolish person used in a derogatory sense to describe someone who is lacking in either intelligence and/or in character.

Specifically in relation to a lack of appreciation, the biggest turkeys in America today sit AT the table instead of ON it!


Don’t be a turkey today. Give God gratitude for all He gives us….. family, freedom, food and most of all, the forgiveness God grants through the cross.


Today, THANK on these things….and keep the SON in your eyes!!!!




KJV Pastor John M. Keeter
1611 FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH Williamston, NC
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