*"In the US, the Fourth of July is a national holiday when outdoor grills are heated up; beaches are packed, and cities and towns have parades, and fireworks displays, picnics, and patriotic celebrations. All of this is in remembrance of July 4, 1776, when the thirteen American colonies declared their independence."
(RBC/ODB 7/4/2014) But I believe that it is time for us as Americans to declare our "dependence" on God. Jesus said, "I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."(John 15:5)
When we look at out nation now, and see all the violence that has taken place in our homes, our schools, and businesses throughout the land, how can we say that "we don't need God!" If there was ever a time that we needed Him, it is now. We are to be grafted into the divine Vine, so we can receive the guidance and divine resources, to be the Nation God wants us to be. I am proud to be an American, but more than that, I am proud to be a Christian, and to be apart of God's wonderful family. Even though America declared independence from England in 1776; when the first people came to our New England shores, they knew, they could not have made it without God's help. And they made a strong clear statement, that to establish a new nation, they would have to be dependent on God, to start it, and maintain it.
We still need to feel that way today. GP
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