Are You Using Thanksgiving Well?

Are You Using Thanksgiving Well?

Nov 19

This year’s Thanksgiving just might be the most important day of the year.  It’s a day to teach our children gratitude.

The original Thanksgiving came at a time when the Pilgrims had just completed the worst year of their lives.  One-hundred-two People landed at Plymouth and almost half died that first year and yet they chose to do something different than you would expect.  The leadership of this little band of people chose to get their families focused on what they had rather than what they had lost.

A couple days before Thanksgiving get a large poster board and tape it to the refrigerator.  Write on top: Things I’m Thankful For.  Then be the first to write down something you are thankful for and then your initials.  Encourage everyone to put something down and take a moment at your Thanksgiving table to read the entries on the board.

In this economy it’s very important to get the kids focused on what they have rather than what they want.  There’s no mistaking the fact that God put Thanksgiving on the calendar one month before Christmas.