A few days ago a young homeschooling mother was having her teeth cleaned.
The dental hygienist was complaining. “I hate spending another holiday at my sister’s house! She HAS to make every holiday a religious holiday, even Thanksgiving! There’s nothin’ religious about Thanksgiving! Come on, it’s Turkey Day! What’s religious about that?”
The homeschooling mom spoke up. “Actually, it IS a religious holiday. In 1789 George Washington proclaimed Thursday the 26th of November a day when the people of this country should give thanks to God for their many blessings. That sounds sort of religious to me.”
The hygienist became quiet. Then… “How do you know that?”
“Just this week my kids asked me how Thanksgiving began. I did some research.”
The hygienist responded. “Okay. Well, I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”
- For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:20-21
- SONG: GOD IS READY – Words & Music by Kathleen; Robin Poem by E. Cheney, circa 1931
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very good – blessings to you on Thanksgiving Day!
Thanks for stopping by Mark! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Love this! So often it seems people make up their minds about God with no real knowledge of who he is. Or decisions about our culture without adequate information.
Thank you Lisa. I am thinking the dental hygienist was young. It’s sad that many public schools these days no longer teach the history behind Thanksgiving. This was probably new to her.
Thanks for sharing, Kathleen. Many people today want to push God out of the American culture. Many of them might be surprised at how deeply rooted He is in the history of early America.
That’s right, Frank! From the landing of the Pilgrims to the Constitution, God had His hand in it all.