Looking Forward to Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims invited their Native American friends to enjoy Thanksgiving with them. Ninety friends came and stayed for three days. They must have enjoyed the worship, feasting, and merrymaking. The main point to remember in looking forward to Thanksgiving is that the Puritans were willing to pay an enormous price for the privilege of freedom of worship. They were profoundly grateful to God! Here in America, no established church harassed them, no government agency restricted them, and no one ridiculed them. They were free to worship in the manner they chose. And they did just that! On Thanksgiving Day Rockport will be grateful for our abundance,and thankful for our manifold blessings. Let us also be profoundly appreciative of our freedom to worship according to our hearts and minds. Diana