Charlie Brown didn't get much right, but Charles Schultz did.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point.

We've all seen a Charlie Brown Christmas in which Charlie Brown messes up the Christmas play,

and Linus reminds everyone what Christmas is all about.

Another of my favorites is a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

Poor Chuck's friends show up expecting a feast, but he and Snoopy serve them

jelly beans and popcorn. Thankfully, Linus is there again to tell the true story of Thanksgiving. But it's

Marcy who reminds Charlie Brown that the pilgrims at Plymouth didn't come to dinner expecting to receive

something. They were there to commemorate what they'd already received. Life, provision, and friendship with the Wampanogs.

We're better off today than they were,

and yet many of us will sit around the Thanksgiving table,

grumbling and fighting about politics.

If Linus and Marcy were thankful for Charlie Brown's leftover Halloween candy,

can't we take one day to thank God for our blessings?

Hopefully you won't have jelly beans and popcorn for dinner,

but I do hope you enjoy some peanuts this Thanksgiving.

With today's point, I'm John Stone Street.