O Canada

What an amazing country we live in! I don't think we really appreciate our freedoms here.

A young man shared his story with us this morning that challenged us to be thankful for Canada. He and his family left the country of his birth because he was not accepted there because of his skin color. He has faced rejection through that plus wars and just narrowly escaping death in leaving his homeland. I want so much to sing "O Canada we stand on guard for thee. God KEEP our land glorious and free" What am I doing to promote that freedom? Am I standing on guard for my country. We can read the books we want without being interrogated. We can talk to one another without fear of death. We get up each morning and the majority of us have more money than the average person in the world. We are able to read which is more than the majority people of the world. We have good water to drink. We could start looking up stats and we would not imagine our blessings!

This week I want to count my blessings for being Canadian!