Argumentative Essay On Thanksgiving

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"The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen"
(1 Peter 4:7-11 NIV)

Let's get it out in the open. I don't like change. There I said it. Well, that's not completely true. I'm …show more content…

And it's what has always constituted Thanksgiving dinner; Turkey mashed potoaotes, stuffing etc. Innovators of new Thanksgiving foods need not apply. Note to the person who thought a kale vegetarian lasagna would make a nice change at Thanksgiving: no one like …show more content…

The turht is, most of us are stressed out by change. Most lists of stressful situtions have one thing in common. Change, whether that be a move, a new home a marriage, birth fo a child or a loss change is the common denominator. And its easy to see why. Chnage has an element of loss to it as we give up the known and are thrust into the unknown. Even those who thrive on change will admit it can be stressful.

Of course there is only one problem. As much as we long for permanence we simply can't stop change. Change is all around us. We age. We move from work to retirement. Our children grow up, move, get married and start families on their own.

I was hit with a wave of change this past week. A conference I have been attending for almost thirty years decided they will no longer meet. One of my favorite restaurants closed for good. One of the people I've loked up to in ministry all these years announced their retirement. It was one of those weeks where it seemed like everything was changing, nothing was the same. Ever had a week like that?

Where does the longing for permanence come from? We lvie in a world where nothing is permanent. Everything changes. So where did a longing for something that doesn't seem to exist come from? For that matter, since everything in the world changes where did we ever comr up with the concept of permanence in the first

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