From Small Beginnings… Happy Thanksgiving! From Mitt Romney Central

From small beginnings…

We are thankful.

“Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye vast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente. …

But hear I cannot but stay and make a pause, and stand half amased at this poore peoples presente condition; and so I thinke will the reader too, when he well considered ye same. Being thus passed ye vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembred by yt which wente before), they had now no friends to wellcome them, nor inns to entertaine or refresh their weatherbeaten bodys, no houses or much less townes to repaire too, to seeke for succoure. …

What could not sustaine them but ye spirite of God & his grace? May not & ought not the children of these fathers rightly say : Our faithers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this willdernes; but they cried unto ye Lord, and he heard their voyce, and looked on their adversitie…” ~ Eyewitness account of the arrival of the Pilgrims at Cape Cod as they disembarked from the Mayflower December 21, 1620, written by William Bradford.

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer

On this treasured day of national gratitude and especially in these troubled times, may we remember the bounteous goodness of a beneficent creator, for that which our Founders created and bequeathed to us, our precious freedoms, for small beginnings and how far our nation has come, for crops harvested, for our brave military whose sacrifice we oft take for granted, for dear family and friends, for the hope and will to create better days ahead, and so much more.

Let’s remember to count our blessings…

Message from Mitt Romney:

Today, as we gather with friends and family in the comfort and safety of our homes, we give thanks to all those who, in the service of our country, are far from home, facing hardship and danger. On Thanksgiving, we celebrate the bounty of America, but let us never forget that our peace, prosperity and plenty have been hard earned by countless men and women who have put country before self.

From all of us at MRC,
we wish you a very

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► Jayde Wyatt