...under God...

"To quote Isaiah 6:8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

I thank them for doing many of my countrymen wouldn't do... they answered the call to go for ...me. As a Navy Vet I stand and give then a salute and say GO NAVY BEAT ARMY!!

Fair winds and following seas in the great here after. God Bless their families and God Bless the country they served America!"

This was a reply to a post from the Naval Academy. While I do appreciate the service of our Armed Forces, I DO NOT appreciate ANYONE twisting scripture to magnify and idolize military service.

The poster took this verse COMPLETELY out of context. God was speaking amongst the Trinity, and Isaiah volunteered to tell the nation of Israel of their coming doom.

I love my country. I love its founding principles. I am grateful for the men who so meticulously pieced together our Constitution to ensure freedom from tyranny and equal opportunity for generations to come. I am equally grateful for the men and women who fought and died for those principles, and for those who still do so today. I hope that one day, I can carry on this tradition of preserving freedom by fighting for those whose God-given freedoms are oppressed.

But while this wonderful concept of Freedom is grand and seemingly magical, I must never forget that it is God who gave us those unalienable rights. While America was never a "Christian nation", she was founded upon Christian principles, as many of our Founding Fathers recognized that a nation is blessed when their God is Lord. Therefore, though I may be proud and grateful for such a great nation, I must never forget that I am a child of God who has been placed in America. For this, I am truly grateful, because being a citizen of such a nation, I have the opportunity to fight for the freedoms of others at home and abroad.

I love my country, and God is sovereign. That verse was not meant for a catchy, sentimental recruitment line. If we are not careful, our country becomes our god, and God becomes a mere force of karma in our country.