Enjoy your weekend with cookouts, family, & friends.

And never forget the sacrifices of our fallen military heroes.

Pastor began with a very patriotic message today, acknowledging those killed while serving, observing a moment of silence, prayer, and reminding us that Jesus Christ made the ultimate sacrifice for us.

We sang all verses of "My Country 'Tis of Thee", "The Star-Spangled Banner", and "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies". If you're not familiar with the lesser-known verses, you should do yourself a favor and look them up.
They are powerful, and full of references to God and fighting to preserve God-given liberty.
(Secularists, you will be mortified. But go ahead and read, anyway, so you can know what the mindset was behind what made our country great. Our country that you seek to destroy.)

His main sermon was about living in harmony with each other. I strive to do that... I really do. The people I know personally are much easier to achieve that goal with. Like most people, I do not like conflict, and I avoid it whenever possible and when it's sensible.
Where I'm most challenged is on the Internet. You don't get to see these people as a "total" individual. You only get to see what they choose to share. And many of them just like hurling insults. It's hard to find harmony with someone like that.

So, that's one reason I will disengage for awhile and not post anything nor comment. It's a stress in my life that I just don't want. There are times when it's a "release" to fight for something I believe in, and other times, I'm glad I held my written "tongue" because my anger would have led me to make poor word choices which would have distorted my message.

Well, once again, I've started out posting about one thing and it kinda morphed into something else.

Never forget how lucky and blessed you are to live in the United States of America.
Thank a member of the military.

And don't apologize for any of it.