I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving. And no apologies for directing our thanks to God, according to the original intent of the Pilgrim Separatists who are generally credited with celebrating the "first Thanksgiving", back in 1621, after reaping the bountiful first harvest of the colony's surviving members. They'd survived a horrible first year in which nearly half of their original party had died, either from starvation, or from various diseases commonly associated with malnutrition. So, it's easily understood why they were so grateful for their recent bounty, as it meant they needn't be concerned for their ability to survive the approaching Winter season, which could be very brutal, as the residents of that area can attest, today. They reportedly shared their celebration with the local Indian tribe, some 90 members of which came to help them eat their food, while supplying several deer to the larder to help extend the feast through a full three days. Though I'm sure the Pilgrims were grateful for their assistance, then, as well as for supplying some fish during there struggles with starvation, it is clear that the Indians were not the intended recipients of the Pilgrims thanks, as the "Politically Correct" historical revisionists of today would have us believe. God was the source of their provision, in their opinions, and therefore He was the recipient of their thanks, and they clearly, and openly admitted it.
Today, we suffer an intense assault upon the traditional roots of our historical beginnings, most of which we should be righteously proud, and Thanksgiving is one of them. The fact that the Pilgrims were helped greatly by the benevolence of Chief Massasoit, Squanto, and the members of the neighboring Wampanoag Indians should not be diminished, but to imply that they were the true source of the Pilgrims' thankfulness is to grossly misrepresent the truth, and that I believe, is the real intent of those who wish to revise historical facts into what they consider to be more convenient lies. They are not really concerned with crediting the Indians, as they truly are desperate that we don't realize that the Pilgrims wanted God to get all the praise, and thanksgiving, for having brought them through all their hardships and allowing them to survive. These people foolishly believe that any residual nationalistic pride in our heritage must be stamped out, for their concept of the "greater good" of international Socialism, which I believe will form the basis of the Antichrist's one-world economic, and political system, which is probably just around the corner from being instilled. You can read more about that in the Book of Revelation, and the consequences for willfully embracing that system.
So, as Christians today, I believe we have a responsibility to honor the righteous behavior of our founding fathers by at least recognizing the true nature of it, and resisting those who try to make it something it is not. This is not to ignore their many errors, such as the institution of slavery, which is credited to the Jamestown colony, and John Rolphe, specifically, whose one good act was to marry Pocahontas, followed by the evil of developing Tobacco as the nation's first "cash crop".
Let's give our thanks to God, and send "Political Correctness" back to Hell where it came from, and where it belongs.
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