One Nation Under God - In God We Trust

It is July 4th; our nation's birthday.  I have spent the day as most of you, spending time with my family and cooking out.  It has been a great day.

But I will admit I did spend some time today thinking about our country.  We are lucky to live in the USA.  We have freedoms and opportunities that most in this world cannot even dream of.

Yes, I know that things have been tough the past couple of years. But still, we are a lot better off than any other country.

Still, I am troubled by some things going on in our country.  Our country was founded on Christian principles, by God fearing people.  God has blessed our country over the centuries.

Now it seems that our country is trying to move further away from God.  First, it was taking prayer out of schools and we have seen how well that has worked.  There is more violence in school than ever before and school systems are having to layoff teachers because they do not have the funding necessary.  Yet we have the money for special projects that benefit only the select few and not our future.

Lately, there is a movement to take the words "In God We Trust" off of our money and the words "one nation under God" from our pledge of allegiance.  We are one nation under God and we had better put our trust in God or our country is going to be in even worst shape than it is currently in.

We must fight to protect our nation's heritage and our rights as God fearing Americans; like those that built this great nation.

Only the first two verses of our nation's anthem are commonly known; take a look at the last verse:

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 

May God Bless America!