Hope everyone enjoyed the 4th of July…in the USA also known as Independence Day and Founders Day.
To start off with I think our little town had a very nice fireworks display! We enjoyed the day with the children who live with us having a picnic lunch at the park and then went to the lake for a swim! The family dog enjoyed being with us during our outing too.
On a spiritual note…true freedom comes from knowing and following Jesus! Our saint and blessed for today are truly free and became truly free as each of them grew closer and closer to the Lord!
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12
I love the lyrics to this song:
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion’d stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev’ry gain divine!
O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
It is something we need to remember! May you have a blessed weekend!