{"id":397,"date":"2008-11-27T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/2008\/11\/27\/thanksgiving-blessings\/"},"modified":"2013-11-27T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T15:17:57","slug":"thanksgiving-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/thanksgiving-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Blessings!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Oh Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I hope you have all been able to spend some time learning about the Principle of Christ&#8217;s Image in the lives of the Separatist Pilgrims who came to America for liberty of conscience in worship. Our studies are still not complete. We will actually continue on for a while, finishing the book we&#8217;re reading and our Journals.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Read below for FREE activities to do today &#8211; and our Thanksgiving Greeting to you!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you didn&#8217;t catch the email about it, and want something for your children to do today &#8211; <strong>free things<\/strong> you can get right now on the internet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">I have a free sample of <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/announcing-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Bible part of our study<\/a> posted for download on my blog.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">There are some <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/thanksgiving-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">free downloadable resources<\/a> you could read &#8211; primary source documents, and pilgrim stories.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">And I asked Jim Hodges to post a free audio chapter &#8211; said pretty please for t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimhodgesaudiobooks.com\/yesterdaysclassic_stories_of_the_pilgrims.html\" target=\"_blank\">he Thanksgiving Story chapter &#8211; from Stories of the Pilgrims<\/a>. He has made that available to everyone, so download and listen today. Thank you Jim!!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Today is a day of rest and Giving Thanks. Thanksgiving doesn&#8217;t end tomorrow. Tomorrow begins ThanksLiving\u2122.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Today the house is clean &#8211; for the moment. The children are eating hot, homemade Good for You-Naturally!\u2122 cinnamon rolls and drinking hot cider while watching the parade. The potatoes, yams, dinner rolls, and pies are finished. I&#8217;ll make a Cranberry Almond Green Salad and throw the turkey in later. (Our menu and some of our recipes are posted on our <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;from me&#8217; blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The children will color <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~mosmd\/thankact.htm\" target=\"_blank\">corn-cups<\/a> &#8211; nutcups that we will place 5 Kernels of Corn in at each placesetting. I&#8217;ll assemble some harvest centerpieces. We&#8217;ll read and listen as we make our final preparations, and set our &#8220;best china&#8221; table. We will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethel.edu\/~rhomar\/TunePages\/Psalm100.html\" target=\"_blank\">sing a Psalm<\/a> (or more) of Praise to our God. We will read the <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/thanksgiving-readings\/\">Pilgrim&#8217;s own account<\/a> of their first Harvest Celebration in America, and of the <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/thanksgiving-readings\/\">&#8220;5 Kernels of Corn&#8221;<\/a> from their Starving Time the year before. And we will Give Thanks for all the bountiful blessings our Lord God has given us.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Family dinner will be at our home (if you haven&#8217;t guessed yet). We will have 17 here. Those that are unable to make it will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We will have a Blessed Thanksgiving!<br \/>\nI pray you will too!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Don&#8217;t forget to check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/resources-ledsale.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Thanksgiving MEGA-Sale<\/a> from Me and My House!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">AND be sure to check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-led\/downloads\/freedom-simplicity-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Freedom &amp; Simplicity\u2122 ThanksGiving Study<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, covering what God&#8217;s Word says about giving thanks, the Holiday, the history, and your attitude of gratitude. It&#8217;s a downloadable ebook, so you can get started right away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever! I hope you have all been able to spend some time learning about the Principle of Christ&#8217;s Image in the lives of the Separatist Pilgrims who came to America for liberty of conscience in worship. 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