Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! We have every reason to be thankful for everything that we have has been given to us by God. We should always be a thankful people. Hence, our daily practice of praying before we eat come from the consistent practice of Jesus to bless (i.e praise) God for food before He gives it to others (Mark 6:41; 8:7; 14:22). But special times of remembrance are so beneficial because we are so forgetful. Mark 8:1-21 displays this proneness to forgetfulness in such a shocking manner, revealing a spiritual blindness innate in human beings which the Holy Spirit alone can deal with.