Sitting here sipping my coffee getting ready to turn on the Thanksgiving day Parade, something about New York City and holidays, makes you want to caught fly out here asap,but anyway everyone spent this month saying a special thanks each day...I only needed one day, today Thanksgiving day.This is not the most exciting holiday it is more or less a spiritual one to me... You can buy a few Thanksgiving decorations and there is a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special. There are even a few hymns in church we seem to reserve for Thanksgiving. But all told, sometimes it seems like the only purpose of Thanksgiving is to eat turkey, watch football, and, oh yeah, kick off the Christmas shopping season. Sometimes people even call Thanksgiving “Turkey Day.”
Thanksgiving is so much more than this, though! Thanksgiving is all about God and thanking him for the gifts of life, love, joy, and more. Yes, we get to see family and friends and we get to eat a great meal. But our central purpose should be to give thanks to God.We need to begin by making sure our children know the story of the first Thanksgiving. Children don’t always hear the Thanksgiving story in school anymore, so it is important that you share it with them at home. Find a book or video that tells the story of the Pilgrims, the hard life they suffered in America,and how they set aside a day to thank God for his blessings. These people were truly survivors!
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