Thursday, June 30, 2011

Blessed

Sitting on my couch, I can look out the window across the room and see the American flag blowing in the breeze . . . and I realize again how blessed I am! Old Glory still evokes in me feelings of patriotism and love of my country.

On the table beside the window lies John David's Bible . . . one of many copies we own. How blessed we are to live in America where we can have as many Bibles as we wish, we can openly display them, and more importantly, we can read His Word without fear.

I know these freedoms and countless others were bought with a great price. Freedom is never free! And so as we approach the birthday of our great country, I say "Thank you! Thank you!" to the brave men and women who have paid the price for my freedom - both in the past and those who are defending my freedom this very moment.

God bless America . . . and God bless those serving in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy and Marines!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are so right. We are very blessed.

Mari said...

I really like that picture. We are indeed blessed.

Ginny Hartzler said...

We are so very blessed to have been born in and live in the country!!

Dorothy said...

We are very blessed, indeed! I love that picture that shows devotion to God and Country!!!
Have a happy 4th!

WhiteStone said...

We recently watched a DVD biography of John Adams and very much enjoyed learning more about how our nation came about.

Love your photo.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi There, So glad to get home and back to blogging. We did have a fabulous trip--but home is pretty nice also!!!!!

Yes--we are blessed in our country... I felt God's presence all during our trip.... God Bless US all --and God Bless the USA.
Hugs,
Betsy

tiffany @ tea w tiffany said...

Thank you for sharing this picture and your heart. God bless America.

Connie said...

Let's never forget our blessings.

Beth said...

You've said what I've been thinking today as I prepare for the annual 4th celebration at the lake. How blessed we are indeed!

Nancy said...

Love the picture and the thoughts!! Beautiful!

Dawn said...

We are blessed indeed. I just wonder how much longer we'll have God's blessing, if we keep going the way of Sodom and Gomorrah! Have a wonderful 4th as we celebrate our wonderful country!

Anneliese said...

Beautiful! We have much to be thankful for!