What is Thanksgiving?

When the girls were home, there were always various boyfriends at our home for Thanksgiving. During college years, they would bring home friends who were to far from their own homes on Thanksgiving. After the girls married, Thanksgiving was celebrated in our home sometime during the Thanksgiving weekend depending on their attendance for the in-laws Thanksgiving. As the grandchildren came along, our Thanksgivings were switched from Thursday to Saturday and have continued to be that way after the grandchildren were grown and married.

For many, many years, there were 30-40 people gathered in our home for a Thanksgiving meal on a Saturday. This Thanksgiving was no exception.  We enjoyed family in Daughter # 2's home with all but two granddaughters and their spouses in attendance.  We are looking forward to Christmas when everyone in our immediate family from Texas to Kansas will gather together.

Thanksgiving is not about the day; it's not about the food or the games or the weather. Thanksgiving is about being thankful for all of the blessings we have been given throughout the year and for the people with whom we are blessed to share the holiday.

What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks,
    to sing an anthem to you, the High God!
To announce your love each daybreak,
    sing your faithful presence all through the night.

Psalm 92:1-2 (MSG)