In spite of everything going on, today is still a very special day. I LOVE this great nation of ours! I wouldn't want to live anywhere else but here. We are so blessed to have the freedoms we enjoy and it saddens me when I hear people complaining about how bad we have it. Are things always going right? Of course not. Do we sometimes make mistakes? Yes. I still think we're better off here than in any other country I can think of. This is my beloved home. 
Our Founding Fathers knew exactly what had to happen in order for us to have the liberties we have now. They were God fearing men. They prayerfully considered all the options and made decisions based on the guidance of a loving Father.
The result was the Declaration of Independence. How many of us have took the time to read its words? Do we recognize and appreciate the blessings we have?
AMERICA
God built him a continent of glory and filled it with treasures untold;
He carpeted it with soft-rolling praries and columned it with thundering mountains;
He studded it with sweet-flowing fountains and traced it with long-winding streams;
He planted it with deep-shadowed forests, and filled them with song.
Then he called unto a thousand peoples and summoned the bravest among them.
They came from the ends of the earth, each bearing a gift and a hope.
The glow of adventure was in their eyes, and in their hearts the glory of hope.
And out of the bounty of earth and the labor of men,
Out of the longing of hearts and the prayer of souls,
Out of the memory of ages and hopes of the world,
God fashioned a nation in love, blessed it with
Purpose sublime - and called it AMERICA!
Abba Hillel Silver
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