A Turkey kind of Christian

God sent me His message today by way of a wild turkey. She was a female wild turkey and she was all by herself near our barn.

Seeing a lone wild turkey seemed strange to me because we see wild turkeys out here in the country quite often but they are always in flocks in as few in number as 13 and as many as 24 or so.

So why was this lone female wild turkey all by herself and all by herself on OUR property and TODAY of all days, since it was my day off? Maybe she was a turkey with ADHD and she got distracted and lost her way from the rest of the flock?

The dictionary lists the definition of "turkey" as:

• 1) A large North American gallinaceous bird that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
• 2) Failure, Flop; especially a theatrical production that has failed.
• 3) Three successive strikes in bowling.
• 4) A stupid, foolish or inept person.

My interpretation of God's wild turkey message is that God doesn't want me to be a stupid, foolish or inept follower of Christ. Being a "born again" Christian is not some kind of theatrical performance after all. Acting like a good Christian person doesn't fool God because God can see right through that act.

God knows what's in my heart and he knows whether my living a Christ-filled life is an honest desire that I strive for daily or whether it is just a "performance" on my part.

Getting a "strike" in bowling means you knock all 10 pins down on the first try and bowling three strikes right in a row is known as a "turkey." Nobody is perfect. Only Jesus is, but God wants me to attempt to get a perfect three strikes in a row to get a "turkey."

God sent my hyper hummingbird friend to the park today to remind me to "be still" and think about the message which God was trying to tell me by way of that lone wild turkey messenger. She was not an ADHD wild turkey at all. She was sent here on purpose to give me this special message from God.

Living a perfect Christian life is impossible because we are only human. I slip up everyday, too many times to keep track of even! What God wants me to do is repent daily, and ask him for forgiveness.

What God wants me to do everyday is trust him and obey him with sincere honesty and desire, and in doing so I won't be a stupid, foolish or inept "Turkey of a Christian." It's that simple!

"Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright." - Proverbs 14:9