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Why I am Thankful!

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D o you believe that America had a destiny when we first broke away from England?   Was there a purpose  that stretched beyond the desire for religious freedom?  A purpose far reaching and benevolent, a place that has led to a place we now call home, where you have certain Inalienable (cannot be bought, sold) rights…..that include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I do, I don’t believe it was coincidence that led to our beginning .  Behind History is the compassionate hand of God, God had, God has, a plan for every life and every nation! Peter Marshal once said:   Our freedom does not mean that we can do whatever we please, but to please do what is right!  This week Americans are reminded to be Thankful , it is the right thing to do! The first Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.   The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organize

Jesus is Passing Through!

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He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2  And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3  And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4  So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.   5  And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6  So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7  And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8  And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”   9  And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the