Comments on Jerry Stuart's program

"Five kernels of corn". This is mind boggling. Mr. Jerry Stuart on KGMI radio described the difficult conditions our forefathers faced upon setting in America. Their food rations lowered to the dismal 5 kernels of corn at one point, until things improved with Squanto's help in agriculture.
The next year in December 1621 they decided to hold the Thanksgiving feast. Their first course: 5 kernels of corn. It was a reminder of what they'd been through and what God had lead them out of.
I think this is a very biblical practice, so many Psalms look back on past circumstances and how the Lord brought them out onto green pastures. How many times I focus on just the five kernels and forget the green pastures and feasting periods in the present and the past. What an example for our ancestors to pass down to us.
Thank you Lord for blessing our nation with such a rich history of precious examples! May we never forget to look back on what you have done for our fathers.

This plaque marks the spot where the Pilgrims found some corn hidden under the ground. They saw this as a blessing and intended to use it as seed for planting gardens. You can see how grateful they were by simply reading the plaque.


Information and image derived from: The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620

Continuing the Tradition

Reflecting the tradition set by President George Washington, our own current President George W. Bush publicised a historically accurate and God honoring statement, here is the first and last part of it:

" Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God....On this day, let us all give thanks to God who blessed our Nation's first days and who blesses us today. May He continue to guide and watch over our families and our country always.NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 27, 2008, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all Americans to gather together in their homes and places of worship with family, friends, and loved ones to strengthen the ties that bind us and give thanks for the freedoms and many blessings we enjoy."


Bush, George W. "A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America" Pilgrim Hall Museum.

Election Day

Today is a reminder of those who went before and fought for the right to elect leaders. Way back as 1215, when King John signed the Magna Carta, the foundations leading to our great nation were laid. Our founding fathers fought for the right to equal representation, we have the priviledge of practicing this battle-won right. So vote, recalling its not a hindrance, annoyance, it is a honor to respect the lives lost for the freedom to vote.