In Honor of Flag Day: I am Proud to Be a Citizen of The United States of America

I Am an American

(In Honor of Flag Day)

I am an American. In my blood is the DNA of a Dutchman who, in the early 1600s, climbed aboard a small sailing ship to cross a dangerous ocean. He was seeking the freedom to worship God as he was led by the Holy Spirit, and the opportunity to prosper in a new land.

I am an American. In my blood runs the DNA of men and women who carved a life out of the wilderness. They were farmers and hunters who worked hard to provide food and the necessities of life for their families. They were businessmen who thrived in a free-market capitalist society. They were Christians who built churches and shared their faith with their neighbors.

I am an American. Flowing through my veins is the blood of patriots who picked up their squirrel guns to defend themselves against an oppressive government. After the war, they traveled from New Jersey to Virginia, then to North Carolina, and finally settled in the Goose Pond community of Oglethorpe, Georgia.

I am an American. I am proud to count among my ancestors men who felt compelled to take up arms and fight under the Stars and Bars of the Southern states. Some died, some lost limbs, and one man—my grandfather’s grandfather—suffered greatly as a prisoner of war.

I am an American. I am blessed to have inherited the spiritual fervor of my parents and grandparents. They were, and are, great Americans who worked hard and prayed even harder as they worshiped and served the King of Kings, Jesus Christ.

I am an American, and I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. Now we must once again become one nation under God, forever indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

From The Bible

“Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet. He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves.

Selah God has gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the people have gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭47‬:‭1‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.47.1-9.NKJV

Douglas & Deborah Huff

From Down Where the Pavement Ends

www.pavementendsministry.com

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