HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 2012

Yes, July 4th is Independence Day. The dictionary defines the word independence simply as freedom.

The Pilgrims sailed from England on a boat called the Mayflower. In the year 1620 they landed in Plymouth, MA. The reason they made that arduous journey was to seek a new land so they might have freedom of religion. Note the underlined word. It wasn't freedom from religion as many have completely forgotten.

Even though some believe there is no God or that our country wasn't founded on Judeo-Christian Biblical principles, denying the TRUTH doesn't change the facts.

Our country's foundation was built on the solid Biblical truths of God.
Just look around Washington DC, our nation's capitol, there are reminders of these truths. In the Capitol building itself, high atop the Washington Monument and many more places is evidence for all to see.

On July 4, 1776, just 156 years after the Pilgims landed on Plymouth Rock, God fearing men with great risk to their families and themselves, gathered in Philadelphia to create a document that would free the colonies from the tyrannical rule of the king of England.

This historical document, the Declaration of Independence was written after they prayed for divine guidance to write it according to God's will.

Through the years afterward, many lives were sacrificed to keep that freedom in place. We should not forget the lives and fortunes that were sacrificed to get to the point of creating that document in the first place.

Today it is all being thrown away. Our freedom is becoming more scarce by the day.

Does this co-incide with American citizens turning their backs on God?

Prayer taken out of school, prayer not allowed at public functions, even though Congress opens each session with prayer. I wonder how long that will last?

Unborn children murdered, because of inconvenience.

Church after church closing and shuttering their doors, and it isn't common to one denomination. Just yesterday St. Rocco's Catholic Church in Pittston, PA had its last mass and is now shuttered.

St. Rocco's is vivid in my memory. Whether Catholic or not, our entire nursing class attended mass there before traveling to Harrisburg for two grueling days of State Board of Nursing exams.

Why are the churches closing? It would seem their members don't have time or the inclination to attend or support their church. There are activities much more important in their lives, such as sports, gambling, entertainment, just to name a few.

I fear our citizens will awaken once it is too late.

This Independence Day take a moment and reflect on what is happening all around you.

Tell your children what Independence Day means. Do you remember? Can you explain it to them? Does their school still teach about Independence Day, I mean  the same way it was taught to you when you were in school, or is it slanted to the new way of thinking as in "politically correct"?

Read, study, take the time to think and reason why these things are happening.

A popular phrase says it all. "It's time to wake up and smell the coffee".

Enjoy the holiday with your loved ones.

Pray for America . . . while you still can.

God bless each one of you and I pray God will continue to bless America.