What Happened to the Country I Love

I never thought I'd see the day when there's so much animosity toward God, the country and Christianity.  I grew up at a time when we started each school day by standing, with our hands over our hearts, and saying the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a short prayer.  We proudly sang God Bless America and other patriotic songs in music class.  Patriotism was seen as a good thing.

Things are much different today.  Take a look at some of the headlines in the news recently:

• NFL players 'take a knee' during the singing of the National Anthem before games.
• Protests in the streets to call for removal of Confederate statues and monuments.
• School districts vote to remove "Robert E. Lee" from the names of schools.
• Nationwide protests and violence against police officers.
•  Ten Commandment monuments vandalized and removed from public buildings.
• Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

It's not only happening in Washington D.C. and big cities.  It's right here at home, too.  In Amarillo, there's a petition to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from a city park, and in Borger this week, American flags put out for Columbus Day were stolen and burned.  Isn't anything sacred anymore?

America is still the greatest nation on God's earth.  Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet are still pieces of Americana, but how long will it be before they come under attack too?

I'm proud to be an American, and I will continue to show my patriotism!  May God bless America!