My Journey 7/4/2010

God's insight to me:

A fitting poem for the Fourth of July. I was blessed with this poem shortly after September 11th.

Perfect World

I tried to envision a perfect world
Where everyone would be free
A world without suffering and pain
Where all lived in harmony.

A world without bitterness
A world without shame
A world without differences
A world without blame.

Never having to say you're sorry
For you never did any wrong
A world filled with laughter
A world filled with song.

Could there ever be such a place?
Yes, for it is in God's plan
We would all be their now
If not for the fall of man.

So people don't get discouraged
Remember to think before you do
Until we get to our "Perfect World"
This one will have to do.

E. P. Shagott

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott
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To our Sovereign Nation

I pledge
(because I owe)

alegiance
(loyalty, duty, all that I am, all that I have)

to the Flag
(everlasting symbol of our great nation)

of the United States of America,
(50 separate and distinct states woven together by common thread our Constitution)

and to the Republic
(a representative form of government which recognizes, respects and upholds the individual sovereignty of each of its separate entities)

for which it stands,
(towering, protectively, over all who know its presence)

one nation
(bonded together for the common good of its citizens)

under God,
(without whom all would surely perish)

indivisible,
(incapable of being torn asunder from without or from within)

with liberty
(the guaranteed freedom to strive to be whatever you wish to be)

and justice
(a representative form of government which recognizes, respects and upholds the individual sovereignty of each of its separate entities)

for all.
(every citizen of every description whether naturalized or natural born)

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To Our Sovereign Savior

I pledge

allegiance

to the Christian flag,

and to the Savior,

for whose kingdom stands.

One Savior,

crucified,

risen and coming again,

with life

and liberty

for all who believe.