Happy Independence Day!

Happy 234th birthday, America! Pretty awesome that this never-before tried experiment has lasted through wars, recessions, good times and bad. No other country in the history of the world has ever guaranteed her citizens such precious freedoms. No other nation has ever welcomed the disenfranchised from all over the world with open arms and the promise of a brighter future as has America for more than two centuries and is still going on the foundation originally put in place by a group of ordinary men called to greatness.

A co-worker shared an experience he had last Friday in the checkout line of the grocery store. As he completed his purchase, he wished the checker a Happy Independence Day. The woman behind him scornfully chastised him as one of those TEA Partiers and proclaimed that the celebration was “the Fourth of July”. This is illustrative of exactly what America is – a country where we are free to have our own perspective on the blessings we have been given.

Whether you are celebrating the “4th” or “Independence Day” is totally up to you. Have a good one – and sometime during the day, take a few minutes to ponder the wonder that is this great country, and remember to ask God to continue to bless the USA!

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