Read the original Thanksgiving proclamation issued by President George Washington from New York, October 3rd, 1789.
"I do therefore invite my fellow citizens to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."
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"It being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in a time of distress..."
"They looked at everything as a gift from God,” Jehle said, “even the sorrowful things they saw, as God allowing that to perfect their character."
Even now, I often catch myself startled by the gift, constantly awed by the unlikely reality of them in my life.
The first Thanksgiving is the story of how God rescues a 12-year-old Indian boy sold into slavery in Europe and sends him to the Pilgrims to help them survive.
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The Pilgrims -- as Christians -- modeled the right way to interact with a native population -- unlike later settlers, who did not share their commitment to Christian principles.
Don't focus on what you don't have - focus on what you do have. God has neither abandoned nor forgotten you.
