Thanksgiving

Not many Christian holidays are closely compared to biblical holidays. Thanksgiving is one of those that is. The feast of Tabernacles was a joyous festival celebrating the ingathering of the harvest near the end of the year. It was a seven-day celebration and is described in Leviticus 23:33-43; Exodus 23:16.
Thanksgiving observances have been around a long time. In America, the formal observance originated with the Plymouth colonists upon their arrival at the Berkeley plantation in Virginia on December 4, 1619. The severe winter killed almost half the settlers. In 1621 the joined together with the Wampanoag Indian tribe and gave thanks to God for their harvest. The Pilgrims provided the fruit of their harvest, and their Native American friends provided the wild turkeys and venison. They enjoyed a three-day celebration of prayer and feasting.
Pres. George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day as November 26, 1789. Pres. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in the year of 1863 as a National day of Thanksgiving and Praise to God. In 1941, the American Congress proclaimed it a legal federal holiday -- Thanksgiving Day.
Scriptures tell us in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. This Thanksgiving as we celebrate with our loved ones in whatever way that is, probably a lot of good food and family reunions, remember that God is the one who makes it all possible.