Why we should fly the American Flag!!!

Good Morning Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you doing well.

Know it's not a patriotic holiday

or anything but

I am feeling very inspired today

since we just got back from a very

restful and special time with our 

daughter, hubby and furry grand-

son dog.

This might seem a bit of a strange

post but I just feel so inspired to write

it down and thought yall might glean

some encouragement from it as well.

So hope you will continue on.....

On our trip home from Charleston,

once we got into Florida I started 

noticing American Flags all along 

I-95, Most were huge flags

waving in the breeze, and looking

so beautiful even against the back

drop of a gloomy overcast day. 

With each flag I saw, my heart 

began to be encouraged, excited

and emotional, and I began to

wonder why it was having such

an impact on me at this moment,

not that it doesn't always make

my heart swell with patriotism

but this was way above the norm

so I began to ponder that wonder.

I realized that for me...

 Our American Flag is such a 

symbol of Love for God and

Country and the American way

 of life, and religious freedom along 

with so many others freedoms that

 I have always known, loved and

 enjoyed my whole entire 67 yrs.

of  life.

Seeing all those many flags waving

 so grandly in the breeze made me feel

 a sense of all is right with our country

and that there are so many people

who love America and the American

People and the American way of life

just like I do.....

 or there would not be so many flags 

out there in the midst of this

anti-American narrative that is going
 on these days.
 Sadly I think some people have become 
afraid to even have a flag on their house
 or in their yard. Seeing all those flags
 made me realize we need to fly our flags

proudly every day, as they might 

just be the encouragement to some

one else, that it was to me.

Then this morning I was reading

in a lil book that a friend gave my 

hubby years back, called

"God Bless America, Prayers and 

reflections for our Country."

 I read a page or 2 every day, and

 guess what my reading was

 for today???

"The Star-Spangled Banner"

It shared the words of the song,

but also tells about how it came to

 be written.

You might have heard the story,

but I am sure there might be some

who haven't heard it, so read on.

During the war of 1812, the British

captured the city of Washington,

setting fire to the Capitol bldg. and

the White House.

In the blaze of cannon fire, Francis

Scott Key, a lawyer living in George-

town, could still see the flag waving 

over Fort McHenry.  When the bomb-

ing suddenly stopped during that night,

he had no way of knowing if the flag

was still there or if the American strong-

hold had fallen to the British....

but at dawn the American flag became

visible, still intact over the fort.

Key was inspired to write a poem.

His brother-in-law took it to a printer

and copies were circulated around

the city.  "The Star Spangled Banner"

was adopted as our national anthem

on March 3, 1931.

The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's

early light, what so proudly we hailed

 at the twilight's last gleaming,

whose broad stripes and bright stars

through the perilous fight, O'er the

ramparts we watched were so gallantly

streaming, and the rockets red glare,

the bombs bursting in air, gave proof

thro' the night that our flag was still

there.

Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner

yet wave 

O'er the land of the free and the home

of the brave!

Oh, thus be it ever when freeman shall

stand between their loved homes and 

the war's desolation;

Blest with victory and peace, may the

heaven-rescued

Praise the power that hath made and 

preserved us as a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause

it is just and this be our motto:

"In god is our trust!"

and the star-spangled banner in triumph

doth wave,

O'er the land of the free and the home

of the brave!

by Francis Scott Key

Some people would say oh, this is all

just a coincidence,  but I don't believe

 that, I think it was an encouragement

 from the Lord.

Hope this brought some encourage-

ment to your heart today, as this

whole experience did to mine.

Just now it came to me that flying the
 American Flag was like a hidden symbol
 to every other Proud American that loves
our country that.....
Hey, I am not alone in this battle. It is 
sort of like when the early Christians 
used the Ichthus or fish symbol to 
encourage one another.

 So have a great day and encourage
 others today by putting your flag out 
and if you don't have one....get one
 and fly it proudly. 
 It really is important, and don't forget
just one person can make a difference.

Love, Hugs and

Proud American Blessings,

Nellie

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