Turkey shoots and the good ol’ days

By REV. KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

I very much realize that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and that one man’s meat is another man’s poison and that they do make chocolate and vanilla, so I preface my statements with those disclaimers. I therefore will catch a lot of flack about this statement, but golf bores me to tears.
In fact, I once heard a comedian on TV that was going to prove that it is the most boring sport possible. He said, “That is the reason all the announcers whisper when they announce the next event. They don’t want to wake up the people watching it on TV in their homes.” Go ahead and send me an e-mail telling me how wonderful it is.
Speaking of how beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, when I was a teenager it was popular (thus beautiful) to go into Howard Johnson’s and ask the waitress how many flavors of ice cream they served. And then when she said, “36,” we would smile and ask her to name them. Some of them smiled and rattled them all off and some just accidentally poured hot coffee into your lap.
I don’t know about you, but I completely enjoy hunting and fishing. Like my golfer friends, I’m sure, I to like to get out in God’s creation and enjoy not only communing with Him, but trying to match my wits with the animals of His creation. It is terrible to admit that often His animals with a brain the size of a dime can outwit all of us at times.
Every Saturday through Nov. 16, his House Community Church in Senoia will be hosting an ole fashioned turkey shoot. This is the opportunity to bring your family to our church grounds and pick a shotgun and shoot at the turkey target. After 10 people have shot, all the targets will be brought in for evaluation. The shooter closest to a mark on the paper target wins the turkey or ham for Thanksgiving.
I shall never forget several years ago a man walked up with the rattiest looking single-shot shotgun I had ever seen. It had electrical tape on the stock and looked like it had never seen a drop of oil. This fellow had a strange lump in his cheek and would periodically go to the edge of the pavilion and spit on the ground for some reason. This man slowly walked up to me and asked if he could use his own gun to shoot. I smiled to myself and thought, “Why would anyone want to use that gun or even be seen in public with it?” I answered yes, he could, but if someone else wanted to use his gun to shoot, they could also. The reason for this is to prevent someone from bringing in a “ringer shotgun” and win all the turkeys.
Well, guess what happened? That gun and shooter took home three turkeys in a row. I just shook my head as I said to myself, “Things are certainly not always as they seem.”
I believe God’s Word has something to say about times like these, like, “The first shall be last and the last first and the meek shall inherit the earth.”
I encourage you to bring your family out to enjoy some of the “good ole days” now. For additional information call 770-719-2365.
(Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC). Rev. Greg Mausz is sr. assoc. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School Superintendent, Bible study coordinator and teacher. The church is on Ga. Highway 85 in Senoia, about one mile south of Ga. Highway 16 just past the fire station. Visitors welcome. Church office and prayer line is 770-719-2365. E-mail address is KHERN2365@aol.com. Web address is www.hishousecommunitychurch.com.)