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Looking in the Window: Who Are We Thanking?

Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to think about all of the good things in our lives and be grateful for them. We might also ask ourselves where these blessings come from.  Quite a few years ago when our daughter was in first grade, the school administration put up images illustrating Thanksgiving drawn by the children for an open house.  That night turkeys, Indians and Pilgrims lined the halls. As my husband and I toured the school, we stopped at our daughterā€™s offering and told her how good it wasā€” of course.  She peered at me with wide brown eyes. ā€œMy friend had to take down her picture and do it over.ā€ ā€œWhy?ā€ I asked. ā€œHere it is.ā€ Our daughter pointed to a drawing with a boat and some stick people standing around it. ā€œShe wrote something on it the first time?ā€ ā€œDid she write over the picture?ā€ I asked. ā€œNo, she wrote here.ā€ She pointed underneath the boat. ā€œShe said the Pilgrims gave thanks to God, and thatā€™s not allowed.ā€ I wasnā€™t certain she said what she inten...

Looking in the Window: Christmas and a Square Peg

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   Photo Courtesy of Google Remembering Why We Celebrate Christmas ā€œYou canā€™t put a square peg in a round hole.ā€  The old clichĆ© seems odd for a Christmas blog, but just as we canā€™t put a square peg in a round hole, God canā€™t allow evil in His presence. About God, Psalm 5:4 says, ā€œYouā€™re not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.ā€ The Bible tells us in Psalm 100: 5, ā€œFor the Lord is goodā€¦ā€ Every good thing on this earth comes from God, and He is the origin of all love.  According to the Bible, after He formed the world, He created humans to fellowship with Him, but He gave us free will rather than force us to choose Him. Itā€™s easy to see why when we remember we may compel others to do things they donā€™t want to, but it doesnā€™t change whatā€™s in their hearts. God wanted us to love Him with all our hearts and souls. Unfortunately, the first humans made a different choice and let evil into the perfect paradise God had given us. Thus...