The Heart of America

The Heart of America

It pains me to see what this great country is heading toward. As a student of history, I'm watching it repeat itself right in front of my very eyes. Our men and women in uniform are doing everything they can to prevent it, but it seems to be taking off like a runaway freight train. Can it be stopped? Can the destruction and division be repaired?

Now, I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination. As a matter of fact, I'm probably one of the least knowledgeable people when it comes to politics. If it didn't immediately effect me, I wanted noting to do with it. However, in recent years, the analyst in my mind started to notice something strange happening to my America. While there were divisions, there was not a start black and while division. While people generally got along, there were not out and out fights and arguments regarding religion, beliefs, or how someone chose to live their life - people were FREE to do as they chose.

Today, we stand as a country divided. It reminds me of Matthew 12:25, which says, "Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand."

The word FLAG in the below acrostic is the best way I can explain how I feel about my flag. It stands for FREEDOM, LOVE/LIBERTIES, ALLEGIANCE/AMERICA, and OLD GLORY/GRAND/& GOD. Where is our America? Does your flag fly proudly? Are your prayers with those who are fighting for freedom - not only for those in whose country they are fighting in, but for those they left behind. They fight for 

FREEDOM.