This coming Independence Day, there are a few things in particular I’d like to remember (though there are many others to celebrate):

1) Our soldiers and servicemen and women who help our country. For those of you outside the United States, we all have these wonderful people to be grateful for.

2) A country, that though imperfect, can be a beautiful place of freedom–a land of liberty. As admonished by Nephi, as long as we uphold what is righteous, we will prosper in the land.

3) Our forefathers, who fought for what they believed to establish such a country of freedom. Might I add that religious freedom was a part of what they fought for. In a time now when people belittle the very God who blessed us with that freedom, may we remember this particular point. Without that religious freedom, the gospel of Jesus Christ could not have been restored through the prophet Joseph Smith.

As the 4th of July–Independence Day–is on Sunday, maybe this is something to give a few minutes of thought, and a prayer of gratitude to our Father in Heaven. Have a happy Independence Day!

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