Why can’t we in this land so blessed by God offer up praise, honor, and thanksgiving to God instead of preoccupying ourselves with materialism, self-seeking, satisfaction of appetites and watching sporting events and Christmas bargain hunting? The pilgrim fathers took nothing for granted in that winter of 1620, and neither should we in this year of our Lord, 2021. Yet, they worshipped in thanksgiving and praise. Anyone can sing a song when the sun is shinning bright and the future looks good, but the pilgrims had a song in their heart in the dark of the night facing an uncertain future that seemed as dark as the night. They praised and worshipped the Lord for sparing their lives. Landing at Plymouth in the harshness of winter was not a good situation, but they gave thanks. To them, giving thanks was not a ritual, but a priority. Oh how far we have missed the mark since the time of the arrival of Columbus in 1492 after a stormy Atlantic journey and the pilgrims in 1620 after a rough journey across the Atlantic in winter and storms. Materialism is the biggest hindrance to giving thanks in America in the year 2021. We have so very much to be thankful for, and our lives should be constantly lived in a spirit of giving thanks. Surely it should be a time to have thankful hearts and to count our blessings.
Even though the holiday can be traced to American origins, no other holiday is so taken for granted. One hundred and twenty eight years later, the pilgrims arrived after a rough Atlantic journey and landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts, and they also thanked God, and 401 years later in 2021, we are celebrating Thanksgiving. In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of the New World and his first order of business was to thank God for sparing his life from life threatening storms at sea.
Thanksgiving as a holiday had its origins on American soil. Thanksgiving is truly an American holiday
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