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It's Thanksgiving Time!

No, not the whole eat Turkey at Grandma's house kind of Thanksgiving; but a time to thank God for our nation. 
Now, I'm not the type that thinks that I live in a "Christian" nation, or thinks that a conservative, evangelical President would trigger a nation-wide revival; but I'm amazed at how few Americans are aware of the liberties that they enjoy due to our God fearing, freedom loving Founding Fathers.  So, I'll just write a few things that I am thankful as they relate to our nation's leadership and freedom:

-  God's grace toward our nation.  We as a nation are not the receivers of any special Biblical prophecy, and yet God has shown mercy and immense blessing on our nation.

-  Our God-fearing founding fathers and leadership for over 200 years.  We have been guided by so many leaders that respected the Bible as the ultimate authority and recognized God's authority in the world.

-  Our nation's allowance for many people to enjoy our freedoms by immigrating to our nation.  Without these people groups our nation would be a much less powerful and resourceful nation; keep in mind that if you have any European blood in you, then you yourself have immigrants as ancestors.

-  Our desire to see the world as a more peaceful and unified community.  While the Bible promises wars and disunity in the end times, I'm thankful for a nation whose leaders care about all human kind, and not just their own citizens.  It is this compassion that will set America apart in the world's eyes.

-  Our Founding Father's desire to see that all men are treated as equals, and the movements that have extended those rights to women and then to minorities.  It really is amazing that we have Barack Obama, a black man married to a black woman, as our President.  Very few nations have elected a minority to leadership.

-  Our ability to peacefully elect officials every year and to elect a nation-wide leader every four years.  This also is not the norm among most of the world's population; most people live in a nation where there are no elections or they are not peaceful; and when our country was founded this method of government was almost unheard of.

-  Our right to worship as we choose.  Don't ever underestimate our freedom to worship God as we choose.

In the USA, we enjoy so many freedoms that we seldom think of - this Saturday as we remember our Founding Fathers and our nation's founding, try to remember the boldness that it took to sign the Declaration of Independence and the courage that it has taken millions of men and women to defend our freedoms over the years.

And be thankful...

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Dells of Eau Claire County Park, Marathon County, WI
7:27pm, July 16, 07
Nikon D50
©2007 Joshua L. Smith