Every day should be a time to give thanks In 1863, president Abraham Lincoln called on his fellow Americans to take time to thank God for their blessings. He even set aside the day that it was to be done. The president lamented that people had forgotten God and what He had done for them. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. These words are as true today as they were in 1863.
People take their blessings for granted.
They expect to receive and seldom give. Abraham Lincoln had the right idea. A time of thanksgiving was needed then and it is needed now. But instead of just one day, every day should be a day of thanksgiving. Lincoln ended his proclamation calling for his fellow citizens to join together in giving thanks for their blessings on the last Thursday of November of each year.