Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the Lord has
done for us. We should do this every day, but we have a special day set aside
in our country to do this. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a
national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who
dwelleth in the Heavens", to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.
In our family, we gather together in one of our
homes. We arrive in the mid-morning and stay late into the night. We feast as much as we can
and thank the Lord for His bounty. Our morning is filled with snacks and our
big meal is in the middle of the afternoon.
A tradition my son started was to have everyone in the family share what they are thankful for. This tradition started the year his dad and daughter passed away. That Thanksgiving was a very tearful time. We all said we were thankful for different things, with every person acutely aware of the missing loved ones. We were somber and sad, yet thankful to our Lord for His love, mercy, provisions, and especially His salvation.
A tradition my son started was to have everyone in the family share what they are thankful for. This tradition started the year his dad and daughter passed away. That Thanksgiving was a very tearful time. We all said we were thankful for different things, with every person acutely aware of the missing loved ones. We were somber and sad, yet thankful to our Lord for His love, mercy, provisions, and especially His salvation.
I love pumpkin pie. It is my favorite. My
birthday is near Thanksgiving and sometimes falls on that day. Ever since I was
a child I had pumpkin pie for my birthday. I keep up the tradition. I normally
make my own because I’m picky as to the flavor and I make my own crust. My
daughters have learned how to make it the way I love and sometimes I get
one made by their hands. The pie one of them made becomes even more special and tastes heavenly.
After our huge meal, there are at least three different
deserts to taste and we have coffee. Football is on the television and table
games will be brought out. If the weather is nice here in Colorado, a game of
football will be played or at least watched by young and old at sometime during the day. Basically it’s a
day for family, but we don’t forget to thank our Lord.
What do you do to celebrate Thanksgiving? If you
live in another country, you may not celebrate. I hope you still take time to
thank the Lord for all His blessings He pours down upon us. There are many
blessings we don’t even recognize. We wake up, we breathe—we are alive. There
are so many blessings, we could never count them all.
Take a moment to thank the Lord.
Have a fantastic Thanksgiving!
Psalm 16:8 Oh,
give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the
peoples! If you haven’t memorized this verse, please do so.
Verses in NKJV unless otherwise stated
Other Thanksgiving and being thankful posts: Thankfulness Thankfulness 2
Verses in NKJV unless otherwise stated
Other Thanksgiving and being thankful posts: Thankfulness Thankfulness 2
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