Our 4th of July celebration thread will run from today through Monday the 5th.
We hope you will drop in when you can to say hello, post a
patriotic graphic, or share a 4th of July memory or two.
Wishing you all a safe and sane 4th of July holiday!
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What these surveys reveal is that 9/11 was no blip: Though we had more flag-waving and overt displays in the months immediately after, the belief in American exceptionalism, the commitment to die for one's country and the regard for the military that defends us remain deep, heartfelt and unwavering.
At a time when the punditry continues to obsess over Abu Ghraib, the polls here reveal that Americans respect our military more than any other institution. But this is no knee-jerk jingoism. Americans also oppose the draft, a majority think we are more divided than united on "our most important values," and we are evenly split over whether the Founding Fathers would be pleased with what they had wrought. Even so, nearly 91% report being either "extremely proud" or "very proud" to be an American and 93% say they'd rather live here than anyplace else in the world.
No doubt the Michael Moore brigade will see these results (not to mention the healthy re-enlistment and recruitment rates for our military) as more confirmation of the distinctive stupidity of the American people. But it's a strange champion of the "little people" who believes you can fool all the people all the time.
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Meanwhile - more tham a few showed up in Hong Kong - wanting democracy
Welcome Home!
Rite back to work, huh...:>)
Happy Fourth to you and that man you live with!
Now go take care of that Jet Lag.
Mornin', everybody ! Happy Friday ! TGIF !
Happy Independence Day Weekend ! :^D
Read: Hosea 11:1-11
How can I give you up, Ephraim? . . . My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. —Hosea 11:8
Bible In One Year: Job 22-24; Acts 11
The experience of a heartbroken Christian woman (I’ll call her Mary) illustrates how love makes the lover vulnerable. Mary was a devoted wife who deeply loved her husband, but after 8 years and two children he left her for another woman. Her faith in God and her love for her children kept her going.
Today, her son is living a sinful lifestyle, and her daughter has abandoned her husband and children. Neither of them will have anything to do with their mother.
The prophet Hosea suffered a similar heartbreak because of his adulterous wife Gomer. What he experienced mirrors how God must have felt when His people turned to pagan idolatry and all the wickedness associated with it. God had been a loving husband and father to them, but they had spurned His love. Although His holy character demanded that He chasten them, He also felt deep anguish.
Centuries later, God came to earth in the person of Jesus, who endured the agony of Calvary to bear the sins of the whole world. Yet many people still reject Him.
Yes, love is vulnerable, and there are no guarantees that it will be returned! But God continues to love, and in His strength we can do the same. —Herb Vander Lugt
Am so happy to have you back with us here at FreeRepublic Mama Bear. Have to admit I was was hoping you would love the South so much that you would decide to stay.
The very first official act of the Continental Congress
was a call to prayer.
This occurred just after receiving the news that British troops had attacked Boston. On September 6, 1774 the first resolution ever made by the Continental Congress said:
"Tuesday, September 6, 1774. Resolved, The Rev. Mr. Duche be desired to open the Congress tomorrow morning with prayers, at the Carpenter's Hall, at 9 o'clock." (The Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Washington DC)
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Forgot to say.....your bear graphic is terrific! : )
Wishing all a blessed & happy Independence Day.
~Colleen~
