What could be better than family, friends, BBQ's, and FIREWORKS! And the very best yet is being reminded of how blessed we are to live in such a great nation, for the endless freedoms we enjoy, the wonderful men and women who put their lives on the line for each of us in order to continually defend those freedoms and especially for those great, great men who sacrificed much and persevered in order to establish this nation the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
"The Declaration of Independence . . . is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto—revelation, if you will—declaring not for this nation only, but for all nations, the source of man's rights. Nephi, a Book of Mormon prophet, foresaw over 2,300 years ago that this event would transpire. The colonies he saw would break with Great Britain and that 'the power of the Lord was with [the colonists],' that they 'were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of all other nations' (1 Nephi 13:16, 19).
"The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition—the divine right of kings. At issue was the fundamental question of whether men's rights were God-given or whether these rights were to be dispensed by governments to their subjects. This document proclaimed that all men have certain inalienable rights. In other words, these rights came from God."
{yes, the dog is in fact biting at the fireworks, not the brightest star in the sky}
{the "crowd" enjoying the show}
{my favorite person!}
God Bless America!!!!
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3 comments:
Hope you had a great one! How come we don't see pics of you?
because I was taking all the pictures!
I told Brandon next time to feel free to take the camera so I could prove I was there.
You know I love the 4th! Glad yours was so fun!
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