This year we celebrate another traditional holiday in which families and friends come together to feast and fellowship with one another.
I was meditating on how this holiday came to be celebrated and it truly was a time to be thankful then. As decades passed it seemed that the spirit of being thankful has waned and become just another day to gather and enjoy your favorite dish and of course pumpkin pie. And let's not forget Macy's Day Parade, and of course football.
But this year is different, for me anyway.
For far too long I have taken for granted all the freedoms I have enjoyed all my life without giving any thought to the sacrifices made by our ancestors.
And now we are facing the possibility of those freedoms being taken away....
Well, today I am going to stay in a spirit of thankfulness and gratitude for having such a blessed country to live in.
And mostly, thankful that I can worship our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ without fear of persecution
Many in other countries today are being persecuted and martyred for their Christianity....I don't ever want to know what that feels like.
Let's all have an attitude of gratitude and pass the Turkey please.
I was meditating on how this holiday came to be celebrated and it truly was a time to be thankful then. As decades passed it seemed that the spirit of being thankful has waned and become just another day to gather and enjoy your favorite dish and of course pumpkin pie. And let's not forget Macy's Day Parade, and of course football.
But this year is different, for me anyway.
For far too long I have taken for granted all the freedoms I have enjoyed all my life without giving any thought to the sacrifices made by our ancestors.
And now we are facing the possibility of those freedoms being taken away....
Well, today I am going to stay in a spirit of thankfulness and gratitude for having such a blessed country to live in.
And mostly, thankful that I can worship our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ without fear of persecution
Many in other countries today are being persecuted and martyred for their Christianity....I don't ever want to know what that feels like.
Let's all have an attitude of gratitude and pass the Turkey please.