God has had me thinking today about Patriotism. So I decided to look it up, according to Brainy Quote Patriotism means:

Love of country; devotion to the welfare of ones country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve ones country.

God reminded me Capt. Richard "Steve" Leary who was a native of Brantford. When he returned home and his funeral was to happen people lined up on Charring Cross to give there final respects. Which is AWESOME!!

Now mind you I'm not trying to detract the Honor of Mr. Leary or other soldiers. But we as a people will Honor someone that we've never met?, never would have noticed if he had not died in this war? And yet when it comes to God, We can't even rally/Honor behind his plans. Yes Mr. Leary and other soldiers have made the ultimate sacrifice for there country. But you know Jesus made the biggest Sacrifice, His sacrifice doesn't have national boundaries, its a selfless sacrifice for anyone willing to accept his plan.

When does the time come when we can rally behind the plans of god? What will it take to ignite the fire in all of us to have the passion for gods country and not our own little countries. Mind you I'm speaking about the church as a whole. Where does it start that we declare under one banner of god's patriotism.

Just a thought.. Also I made the flag in this post for fun. Its symbolic of the light shining through the cross to scatter the darkness..

As I continue to move forward I am continually amazed by God's power to Transform, Save & Restore myself and others to action. I'm currently listening to a song by Akon called Freedom. In which he says:

“Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes man you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
Won't stop til' I find my
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom”

Which I feel is where I am at now in my life. Asking god to bring more freedom from things in my life. Over the past 2-3 months god has continued to transform my life and my mindset at that. I am now free of my addiction to World Of Warcraft because god let it be so. Amen to that.. I have gone from a introverted loner to an extroverted people person. Mind you I was always a people person. But due to my addiction to "World Of Warcraft" I became someone not of myself. For me it was a revolving door. It was an escape from my problems, an escape from my depression. But I would get depressed because I was playing instead of being what I was made to be. I neglected my friends & family. Today I am a different person.

Last week we had 24/7 prayer for the week, It was GREAT!!! God showed me visions of his glory. It was as if I had my head on daddy's lap and he would just listen to me and talk to me. What a unique experience.. Something new.. I'm hungry Lord!