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"A PERSPECTIVE ON PERSPECTIVES - THOUGHTS ON THOUGHTS"

I know the title of the post sounds redundant if not just silly ... but bear with me.

Long ago, Mark Twain said, "It's what you learn after you know it all that really counts!" Well, in a sense, I tried to "learn it all." I'm in my fifties and have earned five academic degrees. And, you know what? I don't know much. I know a little about almost everything, but not a whole lot about anything.

What I do know I will share on this blog.
I'll try to post once a week.

Thanks for reading.

This is just one pastor's perspective.

Rick Hyde
Pastor
First Baptist Church
England, Arkansas
rickhyde1@hotmail.com

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

"A PERSPECTIVE ON HOLIDAYS - THOUGHTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING"

Thanksgiving is one of the few religious legal holidays that our nation observes and perhaps the most appropriate one for all citizens. President George Washington, in his “Thanksgiving Proclamation” of 1789, proclaimed: “Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be ... that we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country ... 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 transgressions ...”


Most Christians certainly celebrate Christmas (the birth of Jesus) and Easter (the resurrection of Jesus), but all Americans ... whether Christians, Jews, Muslims, other World Religions, Atheists, and all nonreligious ... should certainly be thankful for the great nation in which we live.

Take time this Thanksgiving season to write a “Thank You Note” to a political leader and/or a religious leader and thank them for their efforts to keep this great nation such a great place to live and, for those of us who are religious, to worship. And, while you’re at it ... may I suggest that you follow President Washington’s proclamation and “render unto him (the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, and that will be) sincere and humble thanks for his kind care and protection ... and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions."

This is just one pastor’s (and thankful citizen’s) perspective.

Posted by Rick Hyde at 9:55 AM

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