As our nation sits down to a table filled with food on Thanksgiving Day, each of us should thank God for our blessings and give to those less fortunate.  I am always thankful for our military, serving both here and abroad, so that we can have freedom, not only to serve God, but to live a life of independence.  Even in a peace-time setting we can find it interesting to note that Thanksgiving became a national holiday during a time of war in order for the military to have some small comfort reminding them of "home."