A blessed Thanksgiving, family and friends!
These two resources have been helpful in reminding our family of the deep meaning and real lives behind the first Thanksgiving.
As this excellent Focus on the Family Radio Theatre production points out, somewhat like the history of Joseph in the Old Testament, Squanto was stolen into slavery and spent years learning and serving... which then prepared him to return home and be raised to a position of influence at the right time to help save the lives of others.
Those "others" were the Pilgrims, part of whose history is so interestingly recounted in Barbara Rainey's book (with accompanying music CD which we enjoy each year.)
Speaking of the time when the Pilgrims dropped anchor on November 11, 1620 off the shores of what would become New England, one of their young leaders, William Bradford, wrote:
"I cannot but.. stand half amazed at this poor people's present condition;... Being thus past the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles... they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weather-beaten bodies;... What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace?"
And the rest of the history shows that sustaining grace through all the hardships. How thankful we can be for such a heritage represented in this celebration!
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!
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