Happy Fourth of July!

I just wanted to wish all of you a happy and fun-filled week, leading up to the Fourth of July holiday! I will be taking some time off to rest and recuperate, and I hope that all of y'all have some time to do the same.

Let's thank God for this country -- we can look around the world and see other places where people are not as fortunate as we. We can freely express our opinions and freely exercise our faith.

Other countries persecute and oppress citizens who do not fit in with their government's ideas of what should and should not "be."

We may have grave concerns for the future of the United States of America, but there is no other country that affords the freedoms we have -- let's bless God for all of this. Let's praise Him for His blessings, instead of demanding that "God bless America." He already has!

Praise Him!

And save some lemonade and cake for me, OK? (grin)