Glenn Beck Quote of the Day

Let's called a spade a spade.

Gratitude for my blessings

So so grateful that we were able to listen to Glenn Beck's American Revival. It was an honor to listen to Glenn speak. Such a humble man. We are all so blessed to be living in America at this time. All the freedoms that we have. My heart is so filled with gratitude for our Heavenly Father and the things that he has blessed me with. The people that come into my life even if only for a short time.

My freedoms, health, food on the table, clothes on my back, a roof over our heads, a bed to sleep in, my husband/friend, friends, and that Tarl still has his job. My right to choose the way I live my life. The men and women who fought/fight for our freedoms and safety. The technologies. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those who have come before me to lead and teach the right way. The one that I am most grateful for is that he allowed his son Jesus Christ to come to earth and atone for each everyone of us. With out Christ making the ultimate sacrifice we would not be where we are today. 

Isaac Potts witnessed the Prayer at Valley Forge

I wanted to share this with you. I found it while I was posting some pictures today. I needed to go back and look at something that had to do with the photo of General George Washington - Prayer at Valley Forge. 

I hope you enjoy and learn something from this recounting of the Prayer at Valley Forge. I know I have. Enjoy!!! ;)

The Eye Witness Testimony of Isaac Potts

This story is well documented in the historical records. Isaac Potts, 26 years old, was a resident of Valley Forge, and as a Quaker was opposed to the war. He supervised the grinding of the grain which George Washington ordered the neighboring farmers to bring to his army. The fullest account of Potts' testimony is in the "Diary and Remembrances" of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph Snowden, a Presbyterian minister and a Princeton graduate(Original Manuscript at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Call no. PHi.Am.1561-1568).

"I was riding with him (Mr. Potts) near Valley Forge, where the army lay during the war of the Revolution. Mr. Potts was a Senator in our state and a Whig. I told him I was agreeably surprised to find him a friend to his country as the Quakers were mostly Tories. He said, "It was so and I was a rank Tory once, for I never believed that America could proceed against Great Britain whose fleets and armies covered the land and ocean. But something very extraordinary converted me to the good faith."

"What was that?" I inquired. "Do you see that woods, and that plain?" It was about a quarter of a mile from the place we were riding. "There," said he, "laid the army of Washington. It was a most distressing time of ye war, and all were for giving up the ship but that one good man. In that woods," pointing to a close in view, "I heard a plaintive sound, as of a man at prayer. I tied my horse to a sapling and went quietly into the woods and to my astonishment I saw the great George Washington on his knees alone, with his sword on one side and his cocked hat on the other. He was at Prayer to the God of the Armies, beseeching to interpose with his Divine aid, as it was ye Crisis and the cause of the country, of humanity, and of the world.

"Such a prayer I never heard from the lips of man. I left him alone praying. I went home and told my wife, 'I saw a sight and heard today what I never saw or heard before', and just related to her what I had seen and heard and observed. We never thought a man could be a soldier and a Christian, but if there is one in the world, it is Washington. We thought it was the cause of God, and America could prevail."

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George Washington was not known as a great public speaker, but as he was about to make a speech at the end of the war, he remembered a slip of paper in his pocket and he pulled out his glasses. The crowd went silent when he put his spectacles on as he said, "I see that you notice that I wear glasses. Well, it was to be.  I've not only grown old and gray, I've become almost blind in the service of my country." And with that simple, unrehearsed, spontaneous statement, everyone was moved to tears as they had been reminded of who this man was and what he had done for our country.

The respect for Washington was so great that the first proposal for his new title, recommended by John Adams, was, "His Glorious Highness, The President of the United States and Glorious Protector of Our Liberties." Congressman William McClay from Pennsylvania basically said, "What's with Adams? Doesn't he understand what we fought this thing for? It's to get rid of all of that stuff." But this story illustrates the high regard congress had for Washington.

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Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said about George Washington, "The reason that I consider him to be such a hero is... almost no one in human experience gives up power willingly.  Power is intoxicating and once you have it you don't want to let it go and [Washington] could have been king. He could have been monarch for the rest of his life and passed it on to his heirs, but he served two terms as president and would not accept a third term. You talk about greatness. That really speaks to me."

The world was watching during this moment of when George Washington said he would give up his power after two terms as President of the United States. King George of England said, "If he gives up his power, as he said he would, he will be the greatest man in the world."  And George Washington did it without a moments hesitation. Washington said in one of his letters, "I'd rather be back on my farm in Virginia than be emperor of the world." 

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Freedom on Independence Day

I feel so blessed to be living in a free country and for those who sacrifice their lives for us daily to keep our country safe and free. It takes a lot of courage to do what is right, and stand up for the truth and take action. 

I am grateful to Thomas Jefferson who had the courage and the inspiration from God to write the Declaration of Independence. And that he listen to that inspiration.
And for those who take the time to teach us of The Real America our great nation and what it was really like. For those who have fought and still fighting to keep our country safe and free so that we can live the way we do and be able to sleep peacefully in our beds at night.
So let us look to the flag as a symbol of peace and a great legacy. A symbol of liberty and dedication of One Nation Under God.