HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Happy Birthday United States of America.  Today is the 240th birthday of our nation.  Sometimes I wonder just what our forefathers would think of us.  Would they be proud of what we've grown into or disappointed in what we have failed to do.  As Benjamin Franklin answered the question, "What kind of government did you give us?", he replied "a Republic, if you can keep it."

So that's the question.  A Representative Republic; have we kept it?  Have we fought enough with our votes and participation or has our "I'm too busy" attitude helped scuttle our country?  Were we too willing to let the next guy handle the affairs of our nation so that we don't recognize it any more?  Were we to willing to allow our politicians to pull the wool over our eyes because it was easier than getting involved?

Unfortunately so many do not know our proud history.  That they do not know it's being erased.  Yes I'm going to say it.  With the Mayflower Compact this land was dedicated to GOD.  In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson said

 "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.-

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.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Right there in plain English we are a free people.  No stronger statement could ever or has ever been stated out loud.  We have the right to govern ourselves.  We the People determine how we are to live.  We are to have Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (not the guarantee to be happy.)  You and you alone will guarantee your lot in life.

This statement, this Declaration, was made when a people who could not and would not be governed by a Tyrant anymore, stood up and said "Hear us.  WE will determine our outcome.  This is Our GOD given right.  Tyranny will no long rule us, fear will no longer rule us." 

With the great Progressive movement of the 20th century this message has been lost (erased.)  Because these few stood so strong against an unbeatable army we today celebrate this, our nation's birthday.  So while you are flipping a burger or eating a piece of apple pie, take a moment and think, what would our forefathers think of us?  And when watching the fireworks wherever you are, remember this is the biggest reminder of the battles for Independence.  The bombs bursting in air that gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

As always, have a safe and blessed day but most of all have a Independent day.