"ThanksGiving"

Since Thanksgiving is upon us America, I thought what George Washington wrote in 1789 which he issued a Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving in response to the request of Congress would be appropriate, to remind US AlL, just how Blessed We are America!

"Whereas it is the duty of All Nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor: and Whereas both Houses of Congess have by their joint committee requested me "to recommend and assign Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November next, to be devoted by the people of the United States to the service  of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficient Author of all good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendening unto Him our sincere and humble thanks, for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of His Providence, which we experienced n the course and conclusion of the late war: for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have been able to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particulary the national one now instituted, for the civil and religious liberty which we are blessed and the means we have of aquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our National and other Teransgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and related duties properly and punctuality; to render our national government a blessing to all people, by constantly being a knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and generally to grant unto all Mankind such degree of temopral prosperity as He alone knows to be best."

Note: Let us Never, Ever Forget how the Lord of the Universe has so Blessed this nation, and we should always be humbly ever so grateful for His kindness to us, for which we don't deserve. We need now at this time to seek His face, and ask for His forgiveness, for we have turned away from Him, and have forgotten His Many Blessings for which He has bestowed upon us. If we (America) don't repent, and turn to Him now, we will be a Nation of people, who will be Undone!