I remember, as a young girl, sitting in the backseat of our car as we rode down the road on a warm summer's night. Since air conditioned cars were practically unheard of (yes, I'm that old), I would roll down the window, hang my head out and sing "America, America" to the top of my lungs. I was a funny kind of kid, but I thought it was the most beautiful song, so I would sing those words and it would make me tear up.
I'm proud that our country was founded on Godly principles. I'm proud that our forefathers were wise, Godly men that established our laws and our constitution to live by. I'm proud that we were a new, very small country, who stood up to dictatorship and oppression, took up our arms, fought, and defeated our oppressors and became the greatest nation on earth. I'm proud to be an American.
I've had the opportunity, a few times, to visit outside the United States, and after visiting, I was so glad that I was an American. For something even so simple as driving laws, I was amazed. It was a "take your life into your own hands" kind of place. I know that we do the same thing here, but I mean you actually were in harm's way every time you got in a car! When two obvious lanes became three and four lanes at the driver's discretion, it was crazy, not to mention scary! Where there are no laws, there is chaos. No greater example than to see nuts behind a wheel of a car with no rules.
There are so many things in America, right now, that I don't agree with; many things I wasn't raised to embrace have become the norm; things that were wrong are now right; laws that decide what you can do with your own property, and so on. If you know me, you know my conservative views. If you don't know me, you'll soon see my conservative views. And the great thing about all of this is, I can vote. I can vote to change things. I can vote to keep things the same. I can vote and it means something. I can vote.
It's all so overwhelming, sometimes but in spite of it all, there are still some great reasons to be proud of our country. I love the fact that I can get in my car on Sunday morning, with my family and go to my church to worship my God. I love that I had a choice that I could go to school and college even though I'm a female. I love that I can go to the store and buy clothes (and shoes...many, many shoes) of any color and any style just because I like them. I love that I can go to the library, or go online and get any book that I want to read. And I love that I can write and speak on any topic I choose.
It's called FREEDOM. This is what America is...."land of the free" and definitely, "home of the brave". This is my home. This is my heritage. This is my America.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Psalms 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
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