Thanksgiving celebrations...

Thanksgiving celebrations....

Most cultures have some type of "thanksgiving " celebrations, a way of giving thanks to their gods, god or  the true God, the creator of the all...
Yesterday in America was no exception. Our is based on the Pilgrims saying thanks for the help of the Native Americans helping them, and God's provision a long time ago...it may not have been as sumptuous as the TV ads or what many of enjoyed, but it was truly a blessing.

Yesterday, I gathered in a household of ages ranging from 8 months to 80+ years...all talking, visiting on family issues, football, target practice, growing children, college classes, "how much you have grown", comparing dogs, to watching Guinea hens fly to the high trees, ducks waddling around, and a friendly potbelly pig wandering around foraging for whatever food she might find.....the youngest and the oldest taking naps as they sat...

There were crawlers, toddlers,  preschoolers, elementary, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70 and 80 year olds all spread around the house enjoying one another's company..

When I was a child, and later as a young adult, we had the same scene, different people...same discussions, different ages spread around. We would visit parents, grandparents and great grandparents.  One gathering included 36 spread throughout a big two story old refurbished home, with a parlor. We would take those family portraits once in awhile, noticing changes each year.

Talk, chatter, an occasional whimper from the youngest, an argument about whose lap the little ones would choose...

Sugar highs and turkey tryptophan lows, a day truly blessed with so many people all wanting the best for each other and themselves...relating stories of the past, present and the future...hearing the meal blessings of the aged and young alike....

A Highlight of the season....thanksgiving....in the hearts of many...across the nation and the world....thank YOU for this time to reflect on YOUR goodness to many...help us be good stewards of the vast provisions you have given us..

Psalm 69:30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 95:2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.