Abraham Lincoln's
Favorite Devotionals
August 1
Believer Forewarned of Sorrow
“I have told you these things
so you may have peace in Me.
In the world you will have much trouble.
But take hope! I have power over the world!”
John 16:33
The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
No traveller e'er reached that bless'd abode,
Who found not thorns and briars in his road.
- The Believer's Daily Treasure
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America!
First, Last, And Always!
Love it or Leave It!!
This doesn't mention the teen who was
suspended for 10 days for
refusing to remove a flag from his locker.
He lost a relative in the
attack (9/11) and was honoring that memory.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma School officials
removed
"God Bless America “signs from schools
in fear that someone
might be offended.
Channel 12 News in Long Island, New York,
orders flags removed
from the newsroom and red, white, and blue
ribbons removed from
the lapels of reporters.
Why? Management did not want to appear
biased and felt that our
nations flag might give the appearance that
"they lean one way or
another".
Berkeley, California bans U.S. Flags from
being displayed on city
fire trucks because they didn't want to
offend anyone in the
community.
In an "act of tolerance" the head
of the public library at
Florida Gulf Coast University ordered all
"Proud to be an American" signs
removed to not offend
international students.
I, for one, am quite disturbed by these
actions of so-called
American citizens: and I am tired of this
nation worrying about
whether or not we are offending some
individual or their culture.
Since the terrorist attacks on September
11, we have experienced
a surge in patriotism by the majority of
Americans.
However, the dust from the attacks had
barely settled in New York
and Washington D.C. when the
"politically correct" crowd began
complaining about the possibility that our
patriotism was offending
others.
I am not against immigration, nor do I hold
a grudge against anyone
who is seeking a better life by coming to
America,
(NOTE FROM WEBMASTER --- Provided they
respect the laws of
our land, the customs of our land, learn
the language of our land,
love and defend our land, and enter the
country and remain here
legally, NOT ILLEGALLY).
In fact, our country's population is almost
entirely comprised of
descendants of immigrants; however, there
are a few things that
those who have recently come to our
country, and apparently
some native Americans, need to understand.
First, it is not our responsibility to
continually try not to offend
you in any way. This idea of America being
a multi-cultural
community has served only to dilute our
sovereignty and our
national identity.
As Americans, we have our own culture, our
own society, our own
language, and our own lifestyle. This
culture, called the
"American Way" has been developed
over centuries of struggles,
trials, and victories by millions of men
and women who have
sought freedom.
Our forefathers fought, bled, and died at
places such as
Bunker Hill, Antietam, San Juan, Iwo Jima,
Normandy, Korea
and Vietnam (add to this: Kuwait, Afghanistan,
Iraq ,
and the Alamo!) to win and defend our
freedom.
We speak English, not Spanish, Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese,
Russian, or any other language.
Therefore, if you wish to become part of
our society…
learn our language!
"In God We Trust" is our national
motto.
This is not some off-the-wall, Christian,
Right Wing,
political slogan… it is our national motto.
It is engraved in stone in the House of
Representatives
in our Capitol and it is printed on our currency.
We adopted this motto because Christian men
and women,
on Christian principles, founded this
nation;
and this is clearly documented throughout
our history.
If it is appropriate for our motto to be
inscribed in the halls of our
highest level of Government, then it is
certainly appropriate to
display it on the walls of our schools.
God is in our pledge, our National Anthem,
nearly every
patriotic song, and in our founding
documents.
We honor His birth, death, and resurrection
as holidays, and we
turn to Him in prayer in times of crisis.
If God offends you, then I suggest you
consider another part of
the world as your new home, because God is
part of our culture
and we are proud to have Him.
We are proud of our heritage and those who
have so honorably
defended our freedoms.
We celebrate Independence Day, Memorial
Day, Veterans Day,
and Flag Day.
We have parades, picnics, and barbecues
where we proudly
wave our flag.
As an American, I have the right to wave my
flag,
sing my national anthem, quote my national
motto,
and cite my pledge whenever and wherever I
choose.
If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or you
don't like Uncle Sam,
then you should seriously consider a move
to another part of
this planet.
The American culture is our way of life,
our heritage, and we are
proud of it. We are happy with our culture
and have no desire to
change, and we really don't care how you
did things where you
came from.
We are Americans, like it or not, this is
OUR country, our land,
and our lifestyle.
Our First Amendment gives every CITIZEN the
right to express
his opinion about our government, culture,
or society, and we
will allow you every opportunity to do so.
But once you are done complaining, whining,
and griping
about our flag, our pledge, our national
motto, or our way of life,
I strongly encourage you to (immediately?) take
full advantage
of one other great American freedom, the
right to leave.
(Author Unknown - Received by Email, Edited by Jim H. Dearmore)
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Try that in a small town – Jason Aldean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z78VT2yf3WQ
Fightin’ side of Me – Merle Haggard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIxBmyRQlwQ
