Day 109...HAPPY THANKSGIVING "What shall a King be like?...Thankful for a harvest and workers"

Today, Deuteronomy has the requirements for a King. This is a pretty good list for leaders in general..."And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel." We will be reading, in the future, about these Kings and who lived up to these standands and who fell short.
I was especially looking for a passage about THANKSGIVING and the Psalmist, who is feeling persecuted, says with confidence..."Let them curse, but you will bless! They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad! May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak! With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;I will praise him in the midst of the throng. For he stands at the right hand of the needy,to save him from those who condemn his soul to death." We are to give thank in all seasons and all times. Luke's message regards one of the main purposes of the Church..."the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few." Seventy-two persons are sent out to the harvest field. The Disciples taste that God is present in power as the seventy-two return. Luke also points out that some of God's teaching baffles the intelligent but is understood by children. How about that! Jesus prays by thanking God for the simplicity of the Gospel.