On this Thanksgiving Day I think back to an episode that still makes me laugh at myself. I think back to a specific Thanksgiving Day close to the start of my conversion to Christ. For the first time I was planning to actually start a meal with a prayer and I wanted something suitable for the occasion.
So I started skimming through the Bible looking for a prayer that I could memorize for the meal that night. Skimming is not the most efficient way, but it was all that I had considering my extreme ignorance of the Bible. By chance I came across a passage that seemed appropriate so I set myself to memorize it.
So that night at the start of dinner I recited that prayer to my family gathered around the table for a Thanksgiving meal.
It was only later that I came to find that prayer I memorized was actually the “Our Father”. When I say I was religiously ignorant I am not kidding. I had no idea of the significance of this prayer and it was totally unfamiliar to me. I just find it totally appropriate that the prayer Jesus taught us was the first prayer I learned.
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I really don’t find “IT” funny! What I find funny is that there are some religion (s) and/or humans who don’t believe that “The Lord’s Prayer” is truly from GOD (Good Old Dad) but is nothing butt a joke and me, myself and i certainly don’t want to start explaining “IT” and even if we Christians could, many would just laugh at U>S (usual sinners)
I hear ya! You know what they say about those who laugh first Victor?
I’ve heard of the saying but really don’t know much about “IT”! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you Jeff, your relatives and all your American Christian family of readers.
Peace