FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Thanksgiving

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Happy Thanksgiving 2020!! ~

GOD BLESS AND WATCH OVER THEM, WHEREVER THEY SERVE

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863

By the President of the United States of America.

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth.

By the President: Abraham Lincoln

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
~ Psalm 100 (ESV)

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

November 26

Giving Thanks Always

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 27–29
• 1 Peter 3

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

Isaiah 12:4 In the seventeenth century, Martin Rinkart served as a clergyman in Saxony, Germany, for more than thirty years during times of war and plague. One year he conducted more than 4,000 funerals, including his wife’s, and at times food was so scarce that his family went hungry. Although he could have despaired, his faith in God remained strong and he gave thanks continually. In fact, he poured his gratitude into “Nun danket alle Gott,” the song that became the well-loved English hymn, “Now Thank We All Our God.”

Rinkart followed the example of the prophet Isaiah, who instructed God’s people to give thanks at all times, including when they’d disappointed God (Isaiah 12:1) or when enemies oppressed them. Even then they were to exalt God’s name, making “known among the nations what he has done” (v. 4).

We might give thanks easily during harvest celebrations such as Thanksgiving, when we’re enjoying an abundant feast with friends and family. But can we express our gratitude to God in difficult times, such as when we’re missing someone from our table or when we’re struggling with our finances or when we’re locked in conflict with one close to us?

Let’s echo Pastor Rinkart, joining hearts and voices as we give praise and thanks to “the eternal God, whom earth and Heaven adore.” We can “sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things” (v. 5).

Reflect & Pray

In times of hardship, how do you turn to thanksgiving and praise? What role does God through His Holy Spirit play in this?

Father God, I thank You for Your amazing work in my life. You love me unendingly, more than I can even express.

[mountainlion]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday and travel and
family gatherings, this thread will run for 2 days.
Please feel free to post your favorite tunes.

~ HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2020!! ~

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[lightman]

“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
To sing praises to Your name, O Most High!”

—Psalm 92:1 (90:1 Septuagint)

[left that other site]

Happy Thanksgiving!

And Happy Thankful Thursday Too!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[Biggirl]

One of my favorite Psalms, Psalm 100.

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today's sustenance for body and soul.

Are you allowed to have any family over for Thanksgiving? Stay warm no matter what!

[PROCON]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Happy Thanksgiving All ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[The Mayor]

Are you allowed to have any family over for Thanksgiving? Stay warm no matter what!

My permission slip is the Constitution of the USA! And yes, we are having family over.

I spent the day yesterday working in the cold shop as we put a new heater in.
I paid for it today with a very painful back. Now I have great in the shop.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...do you have lots of snow now? All fires dead and buried?

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

[mylife]

Aww Jeeze we had real dinnerware in the Navy, but Bon Apettite yall, and God Bless.

[mylife]

[PROCON]

Meant to ping you to post #12!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and Happy Thanksgiving. You and Penny have a wonderful time with family.