I can see, in my mind, the Pilgrims and the Indians sitting down to their first Thanksgiving dinner. Oh, how thankful they were to God! They had gone through a horrible winter and many had died. In the spring they planted the crops as taught by the Indians. This was their turning point and the Indians were invited to the bounty!
Are we as thankful as they? As Christians, we have much to be thankful for, but I have managed to pick out one to write about this week. We are free, free indeed. God loves everyone. He loved us so much He sent His son to come down as a baby. God must have loved us to do that. That baby, Jesus, grew up humbly, a human being but without sin. He was murdered, killed for all our sins. Then, he rose again to show us we can have eternal life. Isn’t that worth thanking him for this Thanksgiving day?
However, for those of you who somehow have taken God out of your lives, do you remember what I wrote above? God loves everyone, even you. So, maybe you will take Him back into your life this Thanksgiving Day. You will find you are free and you will be thankful to a very loving Father.
I wish all of you a very thankful Thanksgiving Day. I will be at my daughter’s home with all my children and grandchildren except my son and his family in New Mexico who have much to be thankful for. It has been a tough 2017 for them. I have written about that past blogs. He just this week was fitted with an artificial leg! Halleujah!
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