It's coming! Tomorrow is July 4 and we celebrate 250 years as the United States of America!

Time to thank God for all His blessings to us. We are a flawed country, with flawed citizens and leaders over the years. But just like our own lives, God chooses to love and bless each of us!! Why I don't know?

God,
we want to say thank You
for Your Love and Your Care
over the generations!
Thank You for Your protection
as we had leaders who wrote our
constitution and other guiding laws,
which no nation had ever seen before.
Thank You for people willing to lead
and fight in battles and wars to make and
keep us a free nation.
Thank You for men and women willing to serve us in the military;
 and all kinds of other leadership positions.
Thank You for each citizen;
You were willing to die to save us from ourselves
and any destructive behaviors.
Thank You for 250 years
and the future which You have planned
for each one of us.
And for the United States of America.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.

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"God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home."

~ by Irving Berlin, published in 1938