Thanksgiving

In these dark days of anti-American sentiment, the world may never understand why we celebrate Thanksgiving, but we must . We must never forget to thank God for His mighty hand in the development of this great nation. It is a fact of recorded history that the first Thanksgiving celebration took place in the Plymouth colony during the month of November 1621. Just one year earlier, the Pilgrims landed the Mayflower but experienced much hardship during that first winter. However that next fall, with the help of the native Indians, the pilgrims experienced a great harvest of food. These exiles from Holland and England were accustomed to celebrating a traditional harvest festival back home, so they decided to proclaim a three day celebration of thanksgiving here as well. For three days, fifty five colonists and one hundred Indians gorged themselves with fish and a great number of wild turkeys. This first harvest festival on American soil gave birth to what we now celebrate as Thanksgiving Day. May we be thankful, just as these early pilgrims were thankful in those early years, and demonstrate our thanksgiving by never forgetting the God that so provides for us on a daily basis. “ Oh give thanks unto the Lord,” who continues to shed His grace upon us and this great nation. May we truly be thankful for all that He has done, and for all that He continues to do on a daily basis.