Steemians what should Thanksgiving Day mean to us?
Most of us enjoy a good dinner on that day; but to a Christian, Thanksgiving Day means much more than eating a dinner. In fact, every day is a day in which to give thanks to God. Let us try to count our blessings.
Do you know that you should thank someone besides your mother for the meals she fixes for you? Of course, you should thank Daddy, for he works hard to earn the money to buy the food. But you should surely thank Jesus who makes the food grow. Before people can make bread, God must make the wheat grow, for bread is made of wheat that has been ground into flour. It was God who made the little grain of wheat in the very beginning. He sends the sunshine and the rain to make the fruit and vegetable grow. He gives us the animals, the fishes, and the fowls for food. That is why we return thanks at the table before we eat our meals. God knows what we need, and if we are willing to work a little to get it He gives us what we must have.
God also gives us our homes; soft, warm beds in which to sleep; and clothes to wear. Think of the many children in other countries who do not have warm beds or enough clothes to keep warm. Some of them have no homes.
Besides all the things we need, God give us many, many things to enjoy. God made the beautiful flowers that bloom for us, the butterflies, the bees that buzz near the sweet flowers. God made the lovely birds that fly through the air and sing their cheery songs for us. Very early in the morning the bright sunshine peeps through the window telling us that it is time to get out of bed. The sun climbs higher into the sky – it is time for work and play. In the evening, when Daddy comes home from work, the sun slowly goes out of our sight. Sometimes we see the beautiful sunset with colours of red, purple, and gold in the sky. The birds stop singing and fly to their nests in the trees. Children come in from play, and the day is over. Then at night God gives us the moon to light the sky, and the little stars that shine. That is the time to sleep.
Let us try to be thankful, not only on Thanksgiving Day but every day of the year. Let us not do as the Children of Israel did after God had been so good to them.
But let us be thankful as were the Pilgrims who remembered to thank God for His kindness and blessings. When things are not going as we should like, and we feel like complaining, let us stop and count our blessings. Soon we shall feel like singing a song of praise to God for giving us all that we need and a great deal more.