We Thank God

I have a friend, who, whether things are going well or not, sums up just about every situation with the phrase, "We thank God."

Although this friend now lives many miles away from me, I hear his voice in my mind often. I hear it today.

I am thankful for America. I thank God that I was born here. I thank God for the men who died that we may be a nation, and for the women and children who had to give them up. I thank God for the wisdom of that moment in history when men honored the existence of God and His Laws as being the absolute standard on which human freedom is based.

There are many today outside of America who wonder if we are good people or a good nation. We are regular people, like people anywhere else. But our nation is not ordinary. It is indeed the greatest nation on the earth, filled with freedom and opportunity and good will. I did nothing to deserve to live here. I can only thank God.

Happy Independence day to all. We thank God.

Jesse Jones' Speaks

The picture above is of soldiers in Iraq celebrating the 4th of July by re-enlisting. Many of them celebrated by becoming naturalized citizens. Hats off to our brave men and women who understand better what is going on in Iraq than our pundits and agenda driven politicians. We thank God that we have a military that fights not only for our safety but for the freedom of those in Iraq also. Such nobility is not recognized often in our strange world. An Army that fights for freedom is a good and virtuous, if not highly unusual thing.

Thanks to God for each and every American Soldier.

Speaking for these soldiers in Iraq today, Jesse Jones, Sgt from Olympia, Washington, stationed near Boquaba Iraq: "Today I'm just basically relaxing and refitting, getting ready to go back into the city," he said. "As much as I want to be home, I don't regret being here. This is a good place to celebrate the Fourth of July. Not only are we celebrating independence, we're fighting for independence, too."