Seize the day!

"Now is the time to seize the day
Send out the call and join the fray 
Wrongs will be righted
If we're united 
Let us seize the day Friends of the friendless, seize the day
Raise up the torch and light the way
Proud and defiant
We'll slay the giant
Let us seize the day!"

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 

2 Chronicles 7:14 

The king who judges the poor with truth,
His throne will be established forever.

Proverbs 29:14

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalm 33:12

Because of the transgression of a land, many are its princes;
But by a man of understanding and knowledge right will be prolonged.

Proverbs 28:2

The Land of The Free and the Home of the Brave

Happy Independence Day!

Freedom's natal day is here.
Fire the guns and shout for freedom,
See the flag above unfurled!
Hail the stars and stripes forever,
Dearest flag in all the world.
~Florence A. Jones

This, then, is the state of the union:  free and restless, growing and full of hope.  So it was in the beginning.  So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.  ~Lyndon B. Johnson
 

My G--!  How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!  ~Thomas Jefferson

I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance.

John Adams (1735–1826)

There, I guess King George will be able to read that.
John Hancock (1737–1793)

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine! 

-America the Beautiful

Remembering......

Today we are remembering all those who died on September 11th, 2001, and all those who have given their lives since, to protect our freedom. We pray for their families and our country and thank God for His mercy in these 10 years. 

Psalm 118

¹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
   his steadfast love endures for ever! 

² Let Israel say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 
³ Let the house of Aaron say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 

⁵ Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
   the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. 
⁶ With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
   What can mortals do to me? 
⁷ The Lord is on my side to help me;
   I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. 
⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
   than to put confidence in mortals. 
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
   than to put confidence in princes. 

¹⁰ All nations surrounded me;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
¹¹ They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
¹² They surrounded me like bees;
   they blazed^* like a fire of thorns;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
¹³ I was pushed hard,^* so that I was falling,
   but the Lord helped me. 
¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my might;
   he has become my salvation. 

¹⁵ There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
‘The right hand of the Lord does valiantly; 
¹⁶   the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
   the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.’ 
¹⁷ I shall not die, but I shall live,
   and recount the deeds of the Lord. 
¹⁸ The Lord has punished me severely,
   but he did not give me over to death. 

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness,
   that I may enter through them
   and give thanks to the Lord. 

²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
   the righteous shall enter through it. 

²¹ I thank you that you have answered me
   and have become my salvation. 
²² The stone that the builders rejected
   has become the chief cornerstone. 
²³ This is the Lord’s doing;
   it is marvellous in our eyes. 
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
   let us rejoice and be glad in it.^* 
25 Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
   O Lord, we beseech you, give us success! 

²⁶ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.^*
   We bless you from the house of the Lord. 
²⁷ The Lord is God,
   and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
   up to the horns of the altar.^* 

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
   you are my God, I will extol you. 

²⁹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever.

"Greater love has no one than this: that he lay down his life for a friend."

-John 15:13 

~Rachel and Sarah