We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow with family and friends and, as always, we are very much looking forward to it! There’s something really special about Thanksgiving, a day set apart to gather with loved ones and give thanks. And when I think about it, it must be the Giving of Thanks that makes Thanksgiving so meaningful to so many.
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26.
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated to give thanks to God for guiding them safely to the New World. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 13 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.
It makes me wonder how special every day could be if I approached each day as Thanksgiving Day. A day set aside to give thanks to God for His provision and blessings in my life. Our lives are so much easier than those of the Pilgrims, and I think it’s so easy for us to take for granted the food on our table, the roof over our heads, and the freedoms we enjoy here in America.
Tomorrow, we celebrate Thanksgiving! And on Black Friday, I’m going to continue to celebrate Thanks Giving and continue to celebrate Thanks Giving rest of the year!
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” --Thornton Wilder
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” --Melody Beattie
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family!
Much Love,
Eric & Sharla
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