I have always felt like I was a patriotic person, but with the great divide happening in our country right now, I feel like patriotism for our country is sliding a little. There are many citizens who want to "do away" with the old ways and reset the country onto a different path. I'm too patriotic to want to get on that bandwagon.
I don't have a large flag to display in our yard, but I do have a portion of wall in the house that I decided to dedicate a patriotic theme to. After shopping at Hobby Lobby, this is what I ended up with...
I think it turned out pretty good...at least it's much better than an empty wall.
On the flag on the frame to the left, it says "four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." - Abraham Lincoln.
On the flag on the frame to the right, it says "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson
I believe that the founding of the United States of America was done through the power of God. He directed Columbus to this new land and He inspired the men who wrote the constitution. No other country was founded by God to give men so many liberties and freedoms. This is the promised land prophesied of in the scriptures.
I'm so grateful that I was born in the USA. I'm grateful for the freedom to worship God according to the dictates of my own conscience.
I love this country, but I hate to see the direction it is taking. I'm wondering how long we will be able to hold on to the freedoms that we currently enjoy. Hopefully, for at least as long as I'm alive. Without our freedoms, we will become countries like China, Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea. I certainly don't want that!
In God I Trust!!!
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