spiritual INDEPENCE DAY!

One of my sweetest sisters asked this question the other day, "

How can I celebrate being American when I am a child of the king and part of his kingdom."

my answer:

I ask myself that same question from time to time, but consider this: yes, we are first and foremost HIS DAUGHTERS & SONS OF HIS KINGDOM.    For me it's not so much a celebration of being an American, since that doesn't seem to mean much any more, at least not for the last few years it doesn't mean what it used to mean, it's more about celebrating our INDEPENDENCE DAY.  Not just the Independence we gained as a country more than 200 years ago, but the spiritual independence that was a result of that political and physical independence.  When I think about where I might be if I were born in a country that didn't have the spiritual freedom that we still enjoy here (mostly), that's a scarrrrrrrrrrrry thought!  So yes, I can & will still celebrate that part of our national heritage, while we are still allowed to.  I refuse to say 'happy 4th of july', that means nothing!  but i will proudly say HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!  & thank the many men and women who sailed the ocean to escape political and spiritual tyranny, fought to separate us from that tyranny, and those who still strive to keep our country free, (hindered by the current leadership as they might be).   those who say happy 4th of july, remind me of those who say merry xmas, trying to remove every possible reminder of our Father & Creator & His Son & His Set-Apart Spirit.   I don't celebrate Christmas or Independence day in the traditional sense, but I still detest the use of xmas and 4th of july! to those who use those terms I say "BAH HUMBUG"! 

:)

To the rest of us I say HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! 

(enjoy it while we can!)

Psalms 33:12  "Blessed is the nation whose Elohim is Yahua, The people whom He has chose as His own inheritance"   I'm trying to figure out how to explain this, the way I see it we are representatives of HIS KINGDOM, residing temporarily within an earthly nation who for the time being still allows us to celebrate HIS KINGDOM GLORY & therefore I will celebrate with them (this earthly nation) their Physical, Political & Spiritual (somewhat) Independence day, maybe not in the traditional sense, but with thankful reverence. There will come a day, probably sooner than later, when we will no longer have the same political freedoms we have now, but we will never lose our Spiritual freedom of His Kingdom.   I hope that makes as much sense in the written word as it does in my brain, LOL