Did you ever think we would be living in a time when love of country, respect for the American Flag, and standing for the National Anthem would become controversial? Patriotism booed and considered deplorable? Some schools not allowing children to wear patriotic clothing or even starting their school day with the Pledge of Allegiance? Athletes representing the USA abroad disgracing our country and disgracing themselves? Patriots even being labeled as terrorists by the White House?
How did we become a country of ungrateful, unpatriotic citizens? Or are these just the people who yell the loudest and the media covers incessantly with glee?!
How did government officials who seem to hate America and want to destroy our Republic ever get elected?
One of my favorite songs is “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. I sing along whenever I hear it, especially the lines, “I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free!” Yet we just lived through several years where our freedoms were denied and we’re watching the left in power now trying to remove more of our freedoms.
I am proud to be an American, but not proud of all Americans.
It’s strange to hear some saying don’t make the 4th of July political when Independence Day marked the initiation of politics!
Have you watched shows where they do a man-on-the-street interview and ask people if they know facts about our country’s history? I wonder how many could answer questions about the 4th of July and why it’s a national holiday. Here’s a fun quiz.
“What does July 4th stand for?
- From what country did America fight to win their freedom?
- Why is July 4th Independence Day?
- What year was the Declaration of Independence signed and adopted?
- What is the significance of 13 stripes and 50 stars?
- Why are our patriotic colors red, white, and blue?
- What does a national flag represent?
- Why are caskets of fallen soldiers wrapped in the American flag?
- Why do we have fireworks on the 4th of July?
How about asking these questions and offering a prize to the one who knows the most answers at your 4th of July gathering.
So many more historical facts are lost in a culture that has forgotten our roots or is trying to rewrite our history. Liberal politicians want to erase our heritage as if it never happened and turn a Country of Freedoms into a country of government socialistic control of the citizens.
Many politicians and legislatures are old enough to remember national history classes. But in their zeal to make America a progressive socialist country, they make it seem like the freedom of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness isn’t as valuable as the carrots they dangle of free healthcare, free college, free immigration free… free…which the naïve lap up without realizing nothing is free. They will pay the price with the loss of sovereignty and personal freedoms that so many brave soldiers gave their life to grant each of us. It will also cost us dearly in taxes, independence, and quality of life.
For example, under socialism people would soon discover that “free” healthcare doesn’t mean the best medical treatment you need when you need it. The government decides who, when, and to what extent you’re worthy of the healthcare they deem you can have or even whether they’ll let you have tests to receive a diagnosis. You won’t just pick up the phone and make a doctor’s appointment. You’ll go through legal red tape, waiting lines, and a faceless worker in Washington deciding whether your life is worth healing or saving.
There will always be a cost. For those politicians saying Medicare-for-all, Medicare is not free. There’s a monthly premium, and everyone pays another premium for a supplement plan to pick up what Medicare doesn’t pay. And many of us have a prescription plan we pay extra for, but still have copays for prescriptions. Bernie Sanders admits there will be a 70% increase in taxes, even to the middle class, while he tries to convince you that you’ll have no out-of-pocket. Lies! Lies! Lies!
Since the majority of Democrat run states plan to give illegal immigrants free healthcare, they’ll need to increase state taxes to pay for it at a time when inflation and the price of gas is stressing everyone’s budget. And how good do you think that healthcare is going to be when it’s stretched to the limits with no money to back it and millions of extra people getting it for “free.” That’s why none of the politicians have given specifics how they would achieve this. They’re just pandering with what they think people want to hear and no one is pressing them on details, or they won’t give interviews to those who will.
Some Democrat politicians have said we’re the only major country without socialized healthcare. What Americans need to remember is that the entire point of July 4th is that we didn’t want to be like other nations. We wanted independence! Other nations come to America for medical treatment. People are not migrating to other countries; they want to come to America because we aren’t like other nations. They come to America for a better life.
No other country was founded on Judeo Christian values, where our Presidents still say “God Bless America” in their speeches, although I haven’t heard Biden say that lately. And as hard as the liberal left is trying to move our country away from God, we need to stand in the gap and keep America a blessed nation under God. Where our currency still says, “In God We Trust” not “In the government we trust.”
The 4th of July celebrates the fight for freedom to be different from other countries. A Republic of the people, by the people, and for the people.
As you plan your festivities—parades, BBQs, fireworks, pool parties, trips to the beach, lake, or river—how about starting those events with the Pledge of Allegiance, singing the National Anthem, and a prayer to God who has allowed us to live in this great country. Remind the children at the gatherings why you’re celebrating this holiday. Our generation must pass down to the next generation our country’s history and why we don’t want to repeat past mistakes.
One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4
If anyone who refuses to stand for the National Anthem, say the Pledge of Allegiance, respectfully represent the USA abroad and at home, dares to celebrate the 4th of July . . . might I say they’re hypocrites who either have no idea what July 4th represents, or they have no idea what they’re even protesting.
God has allowed each of us to live in the greatest nation in the world. Have you ever woken up in the morning and said thank you God I’m an American? If we take God, freedom, and patriotism out of America, we won’t be able to say that anymore.
Have you noticed how both sides of the political arena are always saying, “The American people want to know.” “The American people deserve to know.” I don’t know about you, but they didn’t ask me.
Let’s tell them what the American people really want and deserve. A country that honors God, honors our flag, honors those who have gone before us and fought for our freedoms, and honors the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America and then we will be blessed!
You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:
3 Your towns and your fields
will be blessed.
4 Your children and your crops
will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be blessed.
5 Your fruit baskets and breadboards
will be blessed.
6 Wherever you go and whatever you do,
you will be blessed. Deut. 28:2-6 NLT
Have a blessed Independence Day and stay safe!
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Amen Janet! Today is a day to Praise God for His providence and for our founding fathers who sacrificed so much as they strived to create a more perfect union, to stand against tyranny and established a nation whose God is the Lord! No leader can ever diminish all the God has done, is doing, and has yet to do! May the Church shine His light brightly into this present darkness and May the Joy of our Salvation draw many to Christ.
Psalm 33:12
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
So well said Julia and the perfect verse for our times!
Yes and Amen! I am proud to be an American…a Republic whose God is the Lord God Almighty and His Son Jesus Christ. I was blessed to grow up in a time when God’s blessings were evident to the grand majority throughout this great nation.
But I was barely out of high school when the Bible and prayer were removed from classrooms. In my early days of motherhood, I was privileged to fight face to face with forces attempting to teach my 3rd and 6th grader “If it feels good, do it.” We took our school board to Court and won. They were teaching from books not even on the list of approved books. Yes, our group of parents won and you parents can do the same thing. But it takes prayer, backbone, and a determination to do things according to God’s will…which the Lord your God has promised if you obey His Word.
It’s time to roll up our sleeves, stand firm in your beliefs, and ask for God’s blessing as you determine to follow His Word.
So well said DiAne! Independence and Freedoms can be easily snatched away from us if we don’t stay strong in the Lord, His Word, and our beliefs and protect our country for the generations to come. Thank you for sharing.
Janet,
I was finally able today to read your blog…loved your comment:”I’m proud to be an American but not proud of all Americans.” Right now I’m not proud of The Who’s in our White House. Today we learned that the oil reserves that were released some time ago to help Americans with rising gas prices are ALL being shipped to China and other countries ~NOT being used in America. And gas prices had already risen 66% in the 1st year of Biden’s presidency before Putin invaded the Ukraine.
Wake up America! I encourage everyone to pray this regime out of the Nation’s Capital and in certain states, also. Lord help us to stop the destruction of our United States of America on a daily basis!
We’re getting a window into why America is not mentioned in the last days. Will America wake up before our country is destroyed or is this the beginning of the end?