We are blessed to live in a nation that is free and where we can worship as we want. This is the time when we stop to wish our country a very happy birthday. Here are some thoughts from previous posts that remind me of the greatness of America: We are free to worship! "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Our founding fathers were committed Christians! "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religious, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here." Patrick Henry 1776 Learning to honor God today is as important as it was 230 years ago! "We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the fu...