Thanksgiving Published Monday, November 20, 2023 A note from OCPAC FOUNDATION PRESIDENT BOB LINN GIVING THANKS Giving thanks is linked to the history of the Americas. Harvard Professor, Samuel Eliot Morison, won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Admiral of the Ocean Sea, A Life of Christopher Columbus. In it, he notes the love Columbus had for the Scriptures and for his frequent giving of thanks to God. His book won him one of two Pulitzers. In it, he notes two original accounts of the landing on San Salvador describe that, All having rendered thanks to Our Lord kneeling on the ground, embracing it with tears of joy for the immeasurable mercy of having reached it, the Admiral [Christopher Columbus] arose and gave this island the name San Salvador. The Puritans came to our eastern shore to extend the Kingdom of God. Puritan influence was the theological backdrop of the formation of American government and culture. They, too, were a people of profound appreciation for the providence of God for their guidance and their provision. From The Valley of Vision, a Puritan Book of Prayers: Giver of All, Another day is ended and I take my place beneath my great Redeemer's cross, where healing streams continually descend, where balm is poured into every wound, where I wash anew in the all-cleansing blood, assured that thou seest in me no spots of sin. Yet a little while and I shall go to thy home and be nor more seen; Help me to gird up my loins of my mind, to quicken my step, to speed as if each moment were my last, that my life be joy, my death glory. I thank thee for the temporal blessings of this world- the refreshing air, the light of the sun, the food that renews strength, the raiment that clothes, the dwelling that shelters, the sleep that gives rest, the starry canopy of night, the summer breeze, the flowers' sweetness, the music of flowing streams, the happy endearments of family, kindred, friends. Things animate, things inanimate, minister to my comfort. My cup runs over. Suffer me not to be insensible to these daily mercies. Thy hand bestows blessings: thy power averts evil. I bring my tribute of thanks for spiritual graces, the full warmth of faith, the cheering presence of thy Spirit, the strength of thy restraining will, thy spiking of hell's artillery. Blessed be my sovereign Lord! Giving thanks is our national heritage. From Columbus to the Puritans, Christians have sought to extend the Kingdom of Christ to this continent. Today as never before, the world looks to America as the last bastion of hope for freedom and opportunity in the world. Those elements are built not on multiculturalism, but the moral foundation of Christian thought. No one is making this case better than China's Xi Van Fleet, now a nationally known spokesman for the struggle to return our nation to its Christian roots. Raised as a child in the Maoist revolution, she will speak at our Wednesday luncheon on December 13. She told me that our future will be a Maoist tyranny if we continue to insist on multiculturalism. In her book, Mao’s America, she wrote: Religious diversity or religious pluralism is just code for the real goal, which is to exclude Christianity from the club. This is done by proclaiming Christianity as one of many religions worldwide - nothing special- and trying to convince others that its traditional role as the foundation of Western Civilization should be rejected. She makes this firm point in her book: The sad part is that new arrivals are finding a twenty-first-century America that in many ways lost its way in terms of its once staunch faith-based spirituality and Christian conviction. Communism's influential long-arm reach has made tremendous strides in knocking this country off its Christian bearings and damaging the moral compass. Immigrants have come to America not to replicate the lives they have had in the many cultural Hell-Holes around the world from which they came. They came to enjoy the fruit born of the tree of Christendom which blossomed the flower of freedom, economic opportunity, and the fresh air which gave each individual the opportunity to craft the life of his choosing. It is what those men and women depicted in the painting at the top of this newsletter came to establish. They established it well. Lets pick up the baton and carry it forward, not into the confusion of epistemological diversity, but to the light our Creator gave. _____________ On behalf of the OCPAC Foundation's Board of Directors, let me extend to you wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving week. GOD BLESS! Find our board members here. CONTENTS NEXT MEETING NOV 29 Twelve Days with Wade Burleson EVENING CELEBRATION December 5 NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKER Xi Van Fleet December 13 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION November 30 WEDNESDAY NO OCPAC FOUNDATION MEETING THIS WEEK!!!!! WEEK AFTER NEXT OCPAC FOUNDATION HISTORY CENTER EVENING MEETING! FIRST TUESDAY EVENING IN DECEMBER DEFENDING AMERICA'S HERITAGE AGAINST A MAOIST TAKEOVER STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEW DATE THURSDAY November 30, 2023 Meeting 9:30 pm The far left seeks to combat the work being done by Ryan Walters and the State Board of Education to remove pornography from our schools, to remove racist ideology, and to re-focus on academics. They show up each month and were it not for the many of you who also show up, the news media would have a field day. Actually, they do anyway. However, Ryan Walters and the board need your presence to balance the room. We encourage you all to show up by 8:30. It is for the future of our children. OCPAC FOUNDATION FUND RAISING OCPAC | P.O. Box 2021, Edmond, OK 73083 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!