Comments on: Being Thankful to No One in Particular Is Like Being Married in General http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/ The Web Site and Blog of Pastor Chris Brauns Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg Long http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 Greg Long Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:34 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/#comment-3060 Chris, It is sad that our President, in his Thanksgiving declaration, to be thankful..."to those whose lives enrich our own." The declaration doesn't mention God, except in a brief quote of George Washington. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-thanksgiving-day Chris,

It is sad that our President, in his Thanksgiving declaration, to be thankful…”to those whose lives enrich our own.”

The declaration doesn’t mention God, except in a brief quote of George Washington.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-thanksgiving-day

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-3028 Chris Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:32:53 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/#comment-3028 Those are good insights Mary. Yes, we really do get reduced to Hallmark sentimentalism apart from being theocentric. I pray that you and yours will be blessed. Those are good insights Mary. Yes, we really do get reduced to Hallmark sentimentalism apart from being theocentric.

I pray that you and yours will be blessed.

]]> By: Mary Pluhar http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/comment-page-1/#comment-3026 Mary Pluhar Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:31:19 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/11/25/being-thankful-to-no-one-in-particular-is-like-being-married-in-general/#comment-3026 Perhaps this is why Thanksgiving has lost much of it's impact in the last couple decades. In trying to make it a day that everyone can be participatory, it has become less of a holy-day and more of a Hallmark day. I read once that it must be the most lonesome feeling in the world, for an athiest to not have anyone to thank for sunsets and great beauty that they encounter. I've often thought of that; the lonesomeness, the void of relationship to our Creator. Thank you for underscoring the great honor of kinship with Christ, on this day of remembrance for many, many blessings we've recieved. Doesn't it nearly take your breath away? Perhaps this is why Thanksgiving has lost much of it’s impact in the last couple decades. In trying to make it a day that everyone can be participatory, it has become less of a holy-day and more of a Hallmark day.

I read once that it must be the most lonesome feeling in the world, for an athiest to not have anyone to thank for sunsets and great beauty that they encounter. I’ve often thought of that; the lonesomeness, the void of relationship to our Creator.

Thank you for underscoring the great honor of kinship with Christ, on this day of remembrance for many, many blessings we’ve recieved. Doesn’t it nearly take your breath away?

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