My Psalm 179 Thanksgiving
Lord of the Universe, Father who knows us intimately,
I raise my hands in worship this day.
Thank You for Your holiness and sovereignty
Which teaches us to measure our lives,
Discovering anew our intense need for Your guidance
And direction, and correction, and intense sorrow
For our sinfulness and depravity.
You who made heaven and earth,
Who crowned this creation with the beauty of color and design
Who knit together cells and seconds and…..
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
1
July 4, 1776
2When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
…..
My Psalm 177 July 4th weekend, 2016
O Lord, Our God, Our only hope, we come to You with humility
Asking mercy upon us even as You have granted peace
To those before us.
You have been faithful to our forefathers
Who called upon Your Name:
When in humility, they acknowledged Your Sovereignty
And begged for mercy, You granted them deliverance.
We call upon Your Holy Name to accept our pleas
And restore us to Your throne.
Even in…..