God Bless America

Happy Independence Day!  In honor of celebrating our independence and freedoms in this great nation, I thought I would share some scriptures about America.

Ether 2:12

"Behold, this 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, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written."

2 Nephi 10:11-12, 19

11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations. 

19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship me, saith God. 

We certainly are blessed to live in a choice land, even a promised land where we enjoy many freedoms that much of the world does not have. America was consecrated long-ago to be a land of liberty.  We are promised that as long as we serve God, our freedoms will be preserved.

Samuel F. Smith penned a beautiful patriotic poem which echoes the above sentiment. Here is the fourth verse:

Our fathers’ God to thee,

Author of liberty,

To thee we sing.

Long may our land be bright

With freedom’s holy light.

Protect us by thy might,

Great God, our King! 

-- Samuel F. Smith, My Country, 'Tis of Thee 

Let us all remember who granted us this wonderful land of freedom and worship and serve Him.

That's my two cents.