Preparing for Thanksgiving Part 2
Remembering
It is in the memory of suffering
We find reason to give thanks
Remembering
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They were merchants, of which many of
them traded with the Native Americans.
In 1614, a group of Native American boys
went to greet one of the merchant ships.
Instead of trading, the men of the ship under the
command of Thomas Hunt, captured these young boys.
One of the boy’s names was
Tisquantum, better known as Squanto.
He was taken ashore in Spain
where he was sold as a slave.
Kind monks purchased Squanto and showed
him kindness and taught him about God.
After 5 years, they sent him to London where
John Slany took him in and gave him work.
Five years later he made arrangements
for him to sail back home.
At last, in 1619, Squanto returned home.
Squanto’s dream of being united with his family
came to a dark end because when he got there,
he found they all had died of smallpox.
Squanto went into the woods alone with grief and
questions of why God had lead him on this journey.
1620 was a year of sadness for Squanto and it was also a hard year
for the pilgrims who sailed to America for religious freedom.
In the spring, Squanto who lost all his relatives
met the Pilgrims who lost 50 out of 100 of their
loved ones on the land Squanto’s family once lived.
Squanto spoke English and taught the pilgrims
how to survive off the land and worked
with Governor William Bradford in the
relationships with the Native Americans.
Bradford saw Squanto as God’s Joseph to the pilgrims.
Years of hardship for Squanto and the Pilgrims,
caused them to realize what they had and they
gave a celebration of thanks, November 1621.
Jesus said when we sit at His table,
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When you sit at the table of Thanksgiving,
eat in remembrance of the Native
Americans like Squanto and the Pilgrims.
The first Thanksgiving truly was a miracle.
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1 Corinthians 10:15-17 NIV
16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving
for which we give thanks
a participation in the blood of Christ?
And is not the bread that we break
a participation in the body of Christ?
17 Because there is one loaf, we,
who are many, are one body,
for we all partake of the one loaf.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 NIV
23 For I received from the Lord
what I also passed on to you:
The Lord Jesus, on the night
he was betrayed, took bread,
24 and when he had given thanks,
he broke it and said,
"This is my body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of me."
25 In the same way, after supper
he took the cup, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood;
do this, whenever you drink it,
in remembrance of me."
26 For whenever you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you proclaim
the Lord's death until he comes.
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