Living Inspired.

*Happy Thanksgiving

 "Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
   let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
   and extol him with music and song."

--Psalm 95:1-6 

For those of you have been asking or are curious: Ukraine does not celebrate Thanksgiving. Ukraine celebrates a sort of Thanksgiving (Harvest Day) on the 26th of September. My family in Ukraine will be celebrating an American Thanksgiving this Saturday. We are going to have several family and friends over to help us celebrate. Yes, there will be turkey and pie. Bring it on.

Unfortunately, I've been spending most of my Thanksgiving in bed feeling under the weather. Since yesterday, I've been having this yucky sinus,cough,congestion,sore throat nonsense. To help lift my spirits, I watched Elf (Will Ferrell can brighten any one's day). I am planning on watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade online this afternoon and will start packing for my trip home next Thursday!

*A few excerpts from 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'

Linus: "In the year 1621, the Pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving feast. They invited the great Indian chief Massasoit, who brought ninety of his brave Indians and a great abundance of food. Governor William Bradford and Captain Miles Standish were honored guests. Elder William Brewster, who was a minister, said a prayer that went something like this: 'We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world for freedom and justice." 
Peppermint Patty: Amen.

[after singing "Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's House We Go."]
Charlie Brown: Well, there's only one thing wrong with that.
Linus: What's that, Charlie Brown?  
Charlie Brown: My grandmother lives in a condominium.