Thanksgiving

In a day and age where there doesn't seem much to be thankful in, we must look through the pain and suffering of this world and remember and purpose of this day.

Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 as a day of thanks to God for blessing them with their first harvest.  They celebrated with their new friends and brothers the Wampanoags.  A tribe of Indians that could have easily wiped them out during their first winter in America.  But they didn't because the Pilgrims didn't come to to plunder and pillage; they came to have religious freedom.  The feasting and games lasted three days!  That's awesome to think about; they didn't even let the sun go down on their celebration.

However times change and a vast majority of them have been good.  But the changes that get the most attention are negative.  How can you celebrate Thanksgiving if you're grumpy and miserable?  It's not possible.  I know some circumstances might make Thanksgiving hard to celebrate.  But that's when we can trust in God and be thankful that He is faithful in all things.  Even if it doesn't seem that way at times.

And I say this to conclude; I am truly thankful to Jesus for coming to take my sins upon himself.  Even though I spit in his face by still sinning even after He redeemed me.  It's been a tough year of spiritual highs and lows, but God has remained faithful through it all.  And for that reason I celebrate Thanksgiving with a joyous heart.