This Miracle ; This America

There are those that say God does not exist. That there are no miracles . They are wrong. There are miracles . We are living in one. It's called America. Think about it. Since the dawn of time, there has never , never , never, been any place , any area of the earth , where men truly lived free. Self-governed, self-ruled , with no King Queen , Dictator , or tyrant , ruling over them . It has never happened . Anywhere. Until , the true birth of freedom occured, when a small group of colonists from England declared themselves free , and founded the United States of America. This was over two hundred years ago . And yet, it has never been duplicated since , in any other Nation on earth , and it probably never will . That, my friends , is a miracle . That is the very definition of a miracle . Our founding fathers decided that , man must live free , as God intended , as he created us to be . They decided that a man who is not free , will wither and die . Without the risk , and the challenge that self-rule creates . They understood that it is our nature to be free , and that it was time for someone to stand up and say; "I will live this way , free , as God and nature intended , or I will die trying . Why did it work this time, when it never worked before ?Or since? Because of Faith. A deep seated faith in the Judeo Christian values that formed the basis for our Constitution . A belief that, our true strength comes not from within ourselves , but from God himself. This Fourth of July , we should remember this. Remember the miracle that occured in 1776. Remember that this great experiment in self-government has never been duplicated since . We must remember this always , for , when we forget , when we start to take what we have as Americans for granted ; ...that's when it could be taken from us, by enemies of freedom , boyh foreign , and domestic . And , make no mistake , once it's gone , once this , "shining city on a hill" , as President Reagan called it; is no more , because of our neglect and apathy, rest assured , it 's most likely that it will never , never , never , occur again . And , once gone , the Earth itself ; ...will be a very dark place indeed , for a very , very , long time.