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Gunner is a three-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,

owned by Richard Wilbanks of Astero, Florida. We were just out walking by the pond.

Wilbanks told CNN, and an alligator came out of the water like a missile. I never thought

an alligator could be that fast. The animal grabbed gunner and

dragged him underwater. Richard said adrenaline or instinct kicked in, and I just automatically

jumped into the water. He pried open the alligator's jaws, which he said was extremely hard,

and left his hands chewed up. However, he saved his puppy, who had a puncture

wound in his belly, but is doing fine after a trip to the veterinarian's office. Watching the dramatic

video, the thought occurred to me. Gunner will never need to wonder if Richard Wilbanks

loves him. A farmer was showing his pastor a plot of ground.

He had spent the last year cultivating from a patch of tangled briars and weeds into a

beautiful garden.

The pastor commented on what a wonderful work God had done.

The farmer replied, Reverend, you should have seen it when God had it all to himself.

Thanksgiving is an odd holiday for secular Americans. I know. I used to be one. Our family never

attended worship services when I was growing up, but we always observed Thanksgiving,

at least the food and football.

I remember wondering why we should be thankful to a God I had never experienced, so far as I knew,

for what we had through our own hard work.

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