Thanksgiving

Today in the Untied States we are celebrating our yearly holiday called, "Thanksgiving". 

In 1621 the people who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts as a community invited the local Indians to come and celebrate with them the good harvest they had. They thanked God for His blessings.

In 1789 George Washington acknowledge that it is God who bestows blessings on mankind.

In 1863 Abraham Lincoln suggested that the nation humbly acknowledge our disobedience and seek God's tender care for all who had suffered in the civil war.

In 1986 Ronald Regan encouraged the nation to give thanks to God with grateful hearts.

In 2003 George W. Bush reminded the nation of the freedoms we have and of their high cost.

A Thanksgiving Psalm 

Psalm 100: 1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. 

3 Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep. 

4 Enter with the password: "Thank you!" Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him. 

5 For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.

Romans 10: 11-13 Scripture reassures us, "No one who trusts God like this—heart and soul—will ever regret it." It's exactly the same no matter what a person's religious background may be: the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help. "Everyone who calls, 'Help, God!' gets help."

Whatever circumstance you find yourself I encourage you to take time today to offer thanks to God for what you do have. By focusing on the blessings you have the problems you are facing will seem less important.