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11/21/2007         From Chris Deacon

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! It is a day of food, friends, family, and football! It is also a day of thanks. It is a day set aside to celebrate the pilgrims gathering to give thanks for surviving to the harvest. It is a day we set aside to give thanks for all we have. As with most holidays, the actual holiday isn't the only day we should celebrate it. Christmas isn't the only day we should celebrate the birth of Christ, we should celebrate it in the way we live our lives every day. Easter isn't the only day we should celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ, we should celebrate Christ's death and resurrection every day by accepting the grace that God offers us all. Thanksgiving isn't the only day we should give thanks for all God has blessed us with. After all Paul reminds us in Ephesians 5:20, we should be "giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ". It's great to give thanks on Thanksgiving, but we should remember to give thanks to God for all we have been blessed with every day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Faithfully,
Chris