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Monday, May 19

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Wes Riddle's Horse Sense
November 19, 2007

Thanksgiving Day in these United States by tradition commemorates the first harvest reaped by Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony in 1621.  That November they celebrated survival with three days of feasting.  While almost half of the Pilgrims had perished during the hard winter of 1620-21, in spite of this they found a multitude of reasons to be thankful.  Years later in 1863, despite the devastating War Between the States, Abraham Lincoln also found reasons to give thanks; and he called upon the American people to do so after he recounted a list of the progress they enjoyed, in terms of crops and bounty and development: “No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things.  They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.” 

The time to give thanks is not just when things are perfect or comfortable for everybody.  No such time probably ever existed in history and certainly not for long.  The measure of gratitude is fullest when times have been tough.  The person whose heart is overflowing with thanks, despite suffering, loss or disappointment, is he or she whose character is indeed most deserving of the blessings received—and receivable.  “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance” (Psalms 33: 12).  We have such a wonderful inheritance from the Pilgrim Fathers and from the Great Emancipator as well (and I am a proud Southerner who says this), and it is ultimately related to the inheritance referred to in the previous Scripture. 

The greatest portion of our nation’s historic inheritance is not the wealth or economic prosperity bequeathed to us, nor even the progress of freedom per se; but rather, it is our forebears’ consistent reference and reminder to us, that the Source of everything good we enjoy and hope to enjoy is God.  That is why ‘In God We Trust’ is our official national motto.  The Pilgrims understood Jesus’ promise of the “abundant life” (John 10:10) and did not for an instant mistake it for heaven on earth.  They were far more sophisticated than we give them credit for, even without our technology.  They understood the difference between the perishable things of earth and the imperishable riches that awaited them in heaven.  They knew the difference between legal devices and the ‘liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free’ (Galatians 5:1). 

This country has been through some hard times.  We need to be grateful, and it is that time to give thanks.  Consider 2001 and the attack on our nation: how we recovered from 9/11 and vanquished most of the enemy.  Consider 2003 and the invasion of Iraq: the legacy and incalculable loss of war remains with us despite considerable success as that conflict continues.  Thanks be to God for our young soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coastguardsmen, who are working hard to protect the homeland.  They brave fatigue and danger so we don’t have to, while their families worry about them terribly.  Some young families grieve.  Friends and neighbors do what they can to support military families and troops and wounded who need long-term care.  Friends and neighbors also do what they can perhaps to support better judgment in Washington.  Consider 2005 as our shores were battered by natural disaster: many Americans endured personal disaster as a result.  Other Americans pulled together and offered assistance, despite the failure of government on so many levels.  Those displaced have survived Hurricane Katrina, though we still recover in many ways.  The great American City of New Orleans continues to hurt beneath slow progress, but Americans and especially Southerners are sure to endure and quick to hope.  Thousands have indeed returned, rebuilt their homes or found new places. 

Debate grows shrill since 2006: how we should go about extricating ourselves from Iraq, better serve the War on Terror and bring about stability in the region.  Thankfully the Founders gave us a system so resilient, that it can stand debate with all the other strain.  Thank God that, for all of the frayed relations, contentious elections, scandal ridden politics; for all the struggle of the middle class to keep afloat as their American Dream is outsourced and borders remain unsecured and the gap between haves and have-nots widens—there is at least domestic peace in this nation, if not quite the domestic Tranquility our Founders envisioned.  God bless America.

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Wesley Allen Riddle is a retired military officer with degrees and honors
from West Point and Oxford.  Widely published in the academic and opinion
press, he ran for U.S. Congress (TX-District 31) in the 2004 Republican
Primary.  Email: wes@wesriddle.com.