Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday in
1863. That special day was set apart for the American people to gather in their
churches and with their families to corporately as a nation express their
thanksgiving to God for all His blessings. Our nation and her people have been
truly been blessed by God despite all her flaws and uncertainties. We
have in the past and still today enjoy an abundance of freedom in this country
unequalled to any place else in the world. We have a freedom and liberty that
many people of other nations can only dream about. This country has offered
it’s people a lifestyle that is attainable for those who set goals and work
hard to achieve them. She has provided it’s people with a greater opportunity
to be successful than any other nation on earth. But even more than that,
she has granted her people with a religious right to choose whom and how they
would put their faith and trust and hope to believe. I for one am thankful
today and each day for that right and freedom more than any other, that I hold
dear. I do not have to hide in a nearby closet to worship, or offer praise to
the One that has allocated to me, this freedom.
As I think of those blessings
and all that I have, it only stands to reason that I would pause and think of
those things that the Pilgrims did not have. No people were more
underprivileged than that small band of migrants that journeyed to the new land
on the Mayflower in search of a religious freedom to worship how they believed.
There may come a time that the people of God will search again for another
place that they can serve and worship the living God in freedom. But for now, I
shout it from the mountain tops and the valleys way low…. “I will
offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the
Lord.” Psalm 116:17…and “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and
for his wonderful works to the children of men and let them sacrifice the
sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare his works with rejoicing.” Psalm
107:21-22.
God Has Blessed America!
Happy Thanksgiving Sweet Friends!Bren
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