Many countries around the Globe celebrate Thanksgiving in their own way and timing. Our neighbors in Canada, for example, celebrate it in October. Here in the United States of America, we celebrate it each year on the third Thursday of November \u2013 primarily in recognition of the early story of the pilgrims.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no telling what the Pilgrims were thinking when they first set o\ufb00 for the New World on their ship, the Mayflower. Perhaps in between hopes of religious freedom, they worried about the dangers that lay ahead. After all, in 1620, passage across the ocean was a treacherous business, even for the most hardened soul. If you weren\u2019t attacked by pirates, or struck down by disease, you could be swept overboard in a storm; never to be seen again.<\/p>\n
History tells us the Pilgrims dodged the pirates, but they weren\u2019t so lucky when it came to disease and storms; one storm, in particular, nearly consigned them to a watery grave. Which is why, when they finally landed at Cape Cod (well north of their target), they were in a sorry state.<\/p>\n
Weak, weary, and half-starved, they pilfered a stash of corn in the area and left a note for the local natives: an \u201cIOU,\u201d promising to repay them just as soon as they could.<\/p>\n
One can imagine the Indians squinting at the handwritten note, just before attacking the English the next day!<\/p>\n
Needless to say, the skirmish pushed the Pilgrims to sail up the coast until they eventually landed at Plymouth. But if they thought their troubles were over, they were sadly mistaken; for the winter proved as inhospitable as the Indians. With no time to build shelter, the Pilgrims slept aboard the Mayflower, and saw their numbers dwindle from cold and starvation. And yet, through it all, they kept their faith and trusted in God.<\/p>\n
And in the spring, something of a miracle happened: two friendly Indians greeted them and brokered a peace treaty. Soon, the Wampanoag were teaching the Pilgrims how to fish, farm, and live o\ufb00 the land. And so it was that at harvest time in 1621, the surviving Pilgrims and their new Wampanoag friends celebrated the very First Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
If we use the story of the pilgrims along with the many other stories untold throughout the ages where groups of people struggled for various periods of time \u2013 and by divine relief were able to make it through \u2013 we would all Thank God for getting us through.<\/p>\n
In that spirit, let us take a moment to be grateful for all that God has given us, and to wish all of our cherished customers, employees, family members, and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
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