The following is an excerpt from my Mother/Daughter Banquet teaching from several years ago. Regretfully, since this date, both my mother and husband have gone home to be with the Lord. What better way to honor my mom and my husband's prayers than to make someone else smile.
Who knew you could learn a life lesson from a turnip?
When the Lord gave me this visual I went dashing to Wal-Mart to purchase a turnip. I needed to have time to get it all dolled up for the Banquet! I was in a BIG hurry when I realized I did not know what a turnip looked like! So I asked the person stocking the produce, and she didn’t know either! Luckily, my husband did. He purchased the lonely little turnip and brought her home in time for her debut.
How many of you have ever heard the saying, “You can’t get blood out of a turnip?” I’m a visual learner so here goes…
How many of you know you can be related, but feel like you live in two different worlds? Surely the other person is the problem. The conversation from two different worlds.
Gmop: What’s up Turnip?
Turnip: Not much GrandMop…just trying to figure out what to do today.
Gmop: I know…we could go shopping! I have a coupon!
Turnip: I can’t go shopping…I don’t have a driver’s license or a coupon. For heaven’s sake…I’m just a turnip!
Gmop: Well…maybe we could go get a massage and a pedicure.
Turnip: I can’t go get a massage and a pedicure…I don’t even have a back, toenails or polish!
For heaven’s sake…I’m just a turnip!
Gmop: I’ve got it! We could go out for a quick bite! We could go have Sushi and then coffee from Starbucks!
Turnip: I can’t go get sushi! I don’t have a Sushi Bar in my neighborhood and I’m allergic to caffeine!
For heaven’s sake…I’m just a turnip!
Gmop: Turnip this is so frustrating! I need so much more love, attention, and time than you are giving me! YOU NEVER CALL ME! YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME! IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU! YOU DIDN’T EVEN COMPLIMENT ME ON MY NEW DRESS!
Turnip: Grandmop…I’m sorry….this makes me sad. I don’t seem to be much help or any fun. God designed me completely different. If you plant or cook me, I could give you nutrients to help you stay healthy or I would look great in your purple kitchen! Besides…I don’t even have a watch. Plus, I live on the ground and I can’t see above your ankles! For heaven’s sake…I’m just a turnip.
Thank you Turnip…please take a bow.
Isn’t this ridiculous? In reality, this is no more ridiculous than the outrageous demands that we place on the people closest to us. For me…. lesson well learned.
After the banquet, during our drive home, our daughter just shook her head and said, “Of course, my mother painted a turnip!” (Poor girl…imagine having me for a mother)
H A P P Y M O T H E R ’ S D A Y !
t-t-f-n- (ta- ta- for - now)
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