Literally The Best Thanksgiving Ever

You Don’t Ever Have To Be Lonely During The Holidays If You Know Jesus

The day started off with a movie of ‘Julie and Julia’, tofu scramble, with a slice of avocado, fried banana, and two slices of dragonfruit. It was delicious. But I was somewhat apprehensive to cook for Thanksgiving because I was concerned that the food would not come out so well. This was not because I have never cooked before. But it was because I had not cooked in a while and I was going to do a fruitarian feast. Long story short, I was not super enthusiastic because some of the ingredients that I was going to use did not give the same type of flavor that I was looking for that I would find in other ingredients. But I did not believe that I would get paid again until Friday, as usual. Therefore, I thought that I was stuck with the ingredients that I had.

I still remained optimistic and said to myself that it might not be perfect but it will be a great day because I will be spending it with the Lord. But a change happened and as I was doing some last minute laundry and ran into a neighbor of mine in the laundry room. We have seen each other a few times before and exchanged “hi’s” so naturally we engaged in some small talk in the laundry room. On our way back to our apartments, she told me that she missed the Thanksgiving event earlier during the day for the senior citizens in the neighborhood. She also said that she was not cooking anything and was spending the day alone. She said that her daughter was going to visit her from out of state but then changed her mind. I then said so suddenly that I would bring her a plate of what I was cooking and she replied, “sure.”

I then walked into my apartment and immediately asked God, “What was I thinking?” I was so not confident about what I was cooking and had very little expectation for how the food was going to turn out. But then, something happened. I just could not settle anymore. I wanted to give my best. Especially if I was going to share my food with someone else. I mean if I was going to be a blessing, then the food needed to be a blessing. I then checked my a\coount to see what I could work with and, y’all, Christmas came early. I got paid early on Thanksgiving day! I then ran to the store and did the last minute Thanksgiving shopping that I said I wouldn’t do this year to get some better and richer tasting ingredients.

I have to repent because I realize that I was going to settle for something that I didn’t even really believe that I was going to enjoy when I thought that I was just cooking for God and me but wanted to put more effort into my cooking when doing it for someone else. I should have kept this same energy all along. Still, this was just the motivation I needed. So what was on the menu?

Starter:

Stuffed vegetarian green peppers with impossible meat flavored with chili ginger sauce and mixed with fresh mozzarella cheese

Main dish:

Ackee and salted jackfruit (Saltfish substitute), fried plantain, with a side of avocado

Dessert:

Oat Vanilla Ice cream topped with banana slices, raw honey drizzle, graham cracker crumbs, and strawberry slices

I prayed for the Holy Spirit to help me to cook with love and to cook with me and through me.

The Holy Spirit did an excellent job. The food was so good that I genuinely believe that I did not cook it. I believe that the Holy Spirit literally cooked it. The food was absolutely delicious.

I shared the main dish and dessert with my neighbor and she said that she enjoyed it. I started the feast off wit communion and then I dug in and enjoyed every bite of that food. I then sat down and wrote all the things that I was thankful to God for. Then I freestyle a praise dance for Him to the song “Beautiful Savior” with my disco lights on. It was intense and beautiful. God and I played a game of checkers. I play on the computer and ask God to play with me so I believe that I am not playing the computer but I am really playing with God. Then We had a slumber party and watched movies and ordered pizza and ate it all night. Okay, I ate all of the pizza and the movies watched me all night. But still, it was a great time.

Thanksgiving was truly amazing for me this year! Two years ago, I could not say this. As a matter of fact, I was miserable during Thanksgiving in 2021. It was about a week after completing my first 21 day water fast, which was amazing. But then, I made the silly decision of not following the wise advice that so many people who have done these types gave. This advice was to break the fast safely. I did not break the fast safely. I was so excited to start eating again that I tried to put a fast forward button on the easing out process. Consequently, I spent a lot of the holidays vomiting and being miserable. I had to force myself to go back on a fast, which was either a fruit fast or a vegan fast. I can’t really remember. But to be honest, that wasn’t truly what had me down. If anything, it had just added to me already feeling down about the holidays. It would be my first time not spending the holidays with any family. I felt lonely. But it was a choice. I really wanted to be intentional about my healing and so I was spending a lot of time alone by choice.

I could have invited God to spend Thanksgiving with me then. But I was a lot younger and did not fully understand how to do this. I was upset and I chose to live in misery that day. But that’s just it. It was a choice. The following year and this year I also made a choice. It was a different choice. The choice was to invite the Lord to fellowship with me for Thanksgiving and any holiday for that matter. God and I really had a blast yesterday and I believe that these past few weeks in general, have brought us closer. I love it and want to get even closer to Him. I pray that our relationship gets even stronger than it has become. I look forward to spending more holidays with Him.

Here are some pictures of our beautiful time together last night and a link to the song that God and I danced to.

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