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Awesome short article. Amazing how Squantos misfortune actually saved his life. God’s hand in the destiny of this nation is Crystal clear. I shared with family. Thanks.
Did Squantos father any children among the Pilgrims?
Being descended from the Mayflower crowd, I may have more native blood than Elizabeth (Poke-a-haunt-us)Warren.
I should apply to Harvard right now, for a 1st Nation’s scholarship.
The other night on Jeopardy one of the questions was about the Indian who helped the Pilgrims.
One contestant said Pocahontas. The other two didn’t know.
Plymouth went the way of Mercury, Oldsmobile and Pontiac.
I drive a Dodge.
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“but how to find fish and lobsters”
A technique later perfected by Cosmo Kramer.
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Happy Thanksgiving, amigo.
A reminder - Miracles are NOT for the benefit of us, they are to further the Kingdom of God here on earth.
When you are square in the middle of God’s plan you are safe. That does not mean you are in a safe place, far from it. You are safe because whatever happens to you will be for your good.
Man cannot see what is in his best interest. We see through a glass darkly. I am sure Squanto knew about God (see Romans 1:20). We see his death as a “bad” part of the story. God sees the death of Good people (i.e. His servants) as a reason to rejoice! Yes, he rejoices at the death of His servants.
How strange that sounds to our ears. If life were baseball, when a servant of God dies, he will have crossed “Home plate”. What a reason to celebrate.
Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants.
I didn’t know all these details of this story which is clearly miraculous and very touching. Thanks for posting it.
Had Squanto not been kidnapped, he would almost surely have died. But perhaps he didn’t feel lucky to have been spared. Surely, he must have wondered how his extraordinary efforts could amount to this.
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Sounds a lot like Joseph. Taken, imprisoned, then used by G_d for a great purpose.
If we are going to change our currency, maybe Squanto needs to be on the face of one of our tender. After all he is the embodiment of G_d’s grace to our nation.
thanx for posting this link, bitt.
excellent account of the “thanksgiving” miracle of squanto by eric metaxes
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dude was on fox talking botu htis- guess it’s quite a story- He has the info on his site- but can’t remember his name l ol-
Learned all about Tisquantum/Squanto and the Pilgrims in first grade. Of course, I was raised in Plymouth County, Mass, during the 60s when they still specifically taught such things.