The United States of America

After watching the documentary "A More Perfect Union" on BYU-TV I feel greatly impressed to write down my feelings for the United States.

Watching a flag fly can stir powerful emotions within my soul. We who live in America should count our many blessings. We are free, rich in many ways, and well-taken-care-of. I do not think I ponder often enough the tremendous amount of skill, talent, time, effort, tears, blood, prayers, dedication, focus, and aid that has gone into and still goes into The United States of America.

A few scriptures about America:

“Behold this [America] is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ” (Ether 2:12)

"And never could be a people more blessed...and more prospered by the hand of the Lord. And they were in a land that was choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it." (Ether 10:28)

This is truly one of the best countries ever to grace the face of the Earth on which we live. The Lord Himself protects our liberty. The members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have the Book of Ether which seems almost given for the purpose of teaching the sacred nature of The United States of America.

With the election for president coming up, let us remember the importance of such things. I strongly encourage you, reader, to examine the issues carefully and vote with care this November. If you happen to believe in personal revelation and that the Lord can guide us in our life, also make it a certain matter of prayer and pondering.

I will close with a couple of quotations for your thought:

“America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.” (Jane Addams - Nobel Peace Prize Holder)

“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” (Thomas Jefferson - Writer of The Declaration of Independence)