This month, we give thanks for the many good things God has given to all of us. The very first American Thanksgiving took place in 1621 as a 3-day harvest celebration. With more than 100 attendees, colonists and Native Americans came together to share food and thanks after a very difficult winter, where half of the settlers died from disease and starvation. While turkey was not on that first Thanksgiving menu, there was fish, deer, shellfish, vegetables like cabbage, pumpkin, and potatoes, as well as cranberries, walnuts, and grapes. Although there was pumpkin, no one ate pumpkin pie as the settlers did not have access to butter, wheat flour, or an oven to bake the pie! We remember this first Thanksgiving that in good times and in difficult times, there is always much to be thankful for.
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
Psalm 107:1
