We have so much to be
thankful for. I wrote this short story to start as a traditional reading for my
family with the hope of teaching my kids the true origins of Thanksgiving. I sometimes
wonder why so much has been lost I translation over the many years since that
first Thanksgiving.
Perhaps it has been in
our ease of forgetting where our true blessings come from. Black Fridays; Cyber
Mondays; Taco Tuesdays. It all runs together and blurs out the one thing that
we need to always remember: We serve a great and compassionate God who sent His
one and only begotten Son to die for us so that He could have a relationship
with us...so that not one of His lost children would stay lost.
Christmas is next on
the calendar. Let Thanksgiving be the time to prepare your heart to be grateful
and remember the Reason for the Season—Jesus Christ.
I hope you enjoy
sitting with nine-year-old Tommy and listening to Grandpa's Complete Thanksgiving Story…
...From the
Pages of Grandpa’s Complete Thanksgiving Story…
“Mom used to put the Vick’s rub on my chest. This time, she put it on
my feet! She said if you put Vick’s on your feet and wear wool socks to bed, it
helps your cough. Uncle Berry said that’s an old wives tale. Dad sad that’s okay
because Mom is an old wife. Mom said Dad will be sleeping on the couch tonight…”
Happy Thanksgiving.
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