Love of Country

I love our country.  I love that we have the freedom to choose

our leaders, the freedom to worship how we choose, the opportunity

to improve our lives through hard work, and that there is

justice for all.  Our country is not perfect by any means,

but there is no other place I'd rather live!  I am looking

forward to voting on election day and adding my voice to those

of many others across our nation as we choose leaders

for the next four years.

"I have always given it as my decided opinion

that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the

concerns of another; that everyone had a right

to form and adopt whatever government they

like best to live under themselves."

~George Washington~

 

We have the opportunity to choose our government

tomorrow, thanks to the sacrifice of many, many people

over the last 236 years.  What a blessing that is!

Of course, I hope that the people I vote for will win!  But no

matter who wins, God is still in control.  I read these verses

a few weeks ago and they were an encouragement to me.

 

Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that day their plans come to nothing.

 

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them-

the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

Psalm 146:3-6

 

The teacup is by Adams of England, and the plates are Historical America by Homer Laughlin.

I am joining Tea Time Tuesday and Table Top Tuesday again today.