THANKSGIVING

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE. LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT!

Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving - but the special thing about the designated day we celebrate today is that it was...designated.

Our nation’s first President, George Washington, issued the following proclamation:

“Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor, and

Whereas both houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God,

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.”

Our founding fathers certainly weren't all Christians - but our foundation was based on belief in God as the one and only true God - yet the allowance was made for the freedom for all people to believe as they choose within the boundaries of our nation. It is a philosophy that allows differences of opinion - yet that very 'freedom' seeks to destroy the hand that fed it....

America as we have known it was created by the assimilation of people from all over the world. Not everyone who comes here shares the faith we were founded on. That is their choice. But - we have always been 'One Nation Under God' and instead of changing laws to embrace peoples' differences of religious expression, there should absolutely be tolerance of those differences without compromising our nation's foundational belief. We are a Christian nation. When we cease to be a Christian nation, we will be devoured and cease to retain any resemblance to the nation we were founded to be. In fact, we may cease to exist at all....

And - while all who come make this their home don't share our foundational religious belief, they seem to love the freedom they are allowed here that they wouldn't be afforded in their native countries. Yet, more and more I hear that political decisions are being made to incorporate laws of other belief systems that conflict with the laws we are governed by. If that happens it will spell disaster. It is too great a compromise.

The problem with being too 'politically correct' in wanting to make everyone happy is that we take God out of the equation. He still reigns supreme. He is still on the throne. I'd think as a nation that we'd want to remember to honor that reality!

Just saying...we still have a LOT to be thankful for. First, thanks to God just for being God, then continued thanks for the land of the free because of the brave, as well as thanks for the blessings living here has allowed us...but we have been promised CHANGE, and the changes I see so far aren't in our best interest....