(Adapted by the 13 states as the first official Thanksgiving proclamation)
~Samuel Adams~
It didn't take me all too long today, Thanksgiving day, to see just how far we've fallen in recent decsdes as far as the known history of our nation is concerned. I feel that I grew up in a good time in America, for each year in school we were told of the story of the very first Thanksgiving. The story of how a grateful group early settlers humbly shared the bounty of their very first harvest with the native peoples of the land who had helped them after they first arrived. Contrary to what popular liberal culture will tell us today, the first settlers at Plymouth, Massachusetts did not arrive in the new world with invasion fleets of white imperialists with guns blazing. On the contrary, these very first settlers arrived in this new land with fear and apprehension. For their journey had taken them from their final decision to leave the land of their birth, across a perilous ocean passage, to a new land which held more doubt than promse. What would ultimately lead someone to leave their homeland at such a risk as these people faced? One word, freedom. It is no secret that these early settlers were strong in their belief and faith in their creator. Perhaps this is the very reason why popular liberal culture despises them. The truth is that the England which these settlers lived had grown hostile to their freedom to express their faith and religion. Seeing the promise of a new land and new opportunities as better than one under persecution for their own beliefs, they chose freedom. I cannot imagine the heartache of leaving the only land you have ever known for a uncertain future in a foreign land. The conviction and determination these early settlers must have had cannot be understated, nor must ever be forgotten.
1After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. 3“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. 4“From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. 5“No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6“Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall adivide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them."
Joshua 1: 1 - 6 NKJV
I have no doubt that, being a people strong in their faith, that the very words God spoke to Joshua were not lost on these early settlers as they prepared for their journey into the unknown. For the Isrealites themselves were about to enter into a unknown land, a land which God had promised His people. Despite this holy promise, I'm sure their was at least some apprehension among the Isrealites. Despite the fact that the political and societal conditions of the Isrealites and the early pilgrims could not be more different, one constant remained true for both, freedom. Freedom to live, freedom to worship and, most of all, freedom to live.
I usually don't pay much attention the fake news of Facebook, but something I saw today caused me to stop and take notice of just what it is that we are losong today in the story of our original forefathers who risked so much. Standing in front of a few chanting protestors, some entitled snowflake was "broadcasting" live from the protest in Standing Rock, Norh Dakota. Now, this protest has been going on for some time, a disagreement over water protection rights of the local Sioux indian tribe. I get it. However, here was this snowflake on Facebook bemoaning the fact that our native American "Brothers and sisters" were standing in solidarity against the white invaders! Really? Now, I will admit that my family tree boasts cherokee indian blood, but that's as far as my connection with this issue goes. In fact, there was traditionaly no love lost between the Cherokee and Sioux peoples. But white invaders? Come on, man. From the history of that very first Thanksgiving, we know that the first settlers and the indians shared a communal relationship. Despite what popular liberal culture will tell us, there were no european soldiers or invasion fleets. For this was the very persecution the settlers had fled England to avoid.
~Scott~
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