The Red, White, and Blue

 

We watch very little television at our house, so we sometimes aren't completely up to date on current events, but I have seen some reports about growing numbers of athletes and other malcontents that are ashamed of our country and are not proud of America.  Some are even wanting to do away with Old Glory, our flag, and replace it with another.

This saddens me greatly.  While people certainly have freedom to have opposing viewpoints, I couldn't feel more differently.  I am proud of the United States of America.  We fly the American Flag every day at our house and so do many of our neighbors.  We stand for the national anthem.  My grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII to preserve freedom that we hold so dear in this great country.

Does America have warts?  Of course!  But what country doesn't?  We are all fallible humans born with a sinful nature, so of course we're going to have a past.  But we have freedom!  And opportunity!  And Self-determination!  There are forces that wish to divide us and the cracks of division appear to be growing.  We should not fall prey to this tactic.  United we stand.  Divided we fall.

We will always fly the flag.  We will always pray that God may Bless America and that we will turn our hearts back to Him.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.  Psalm 33:12