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