1 lucky man or blessed more than i deserve?

I am still the luckiest man in the world

I have always felt lucky. don’t know why, and to be truthful, I am. most every night, I am blessed to be in a ballpark somewhere in the southeast. every night I get to hear the “star spangled banner”. I, like most others, place my hand over my heart and stand there.
tonight, I was talking to one of the security people and come to find out, he goes to church with my cousin and knew most of my family. this was the same cousin who called me about a month ago to tell me my mother had been involved in a car accident.
as we were talking, a military color guard came on the field to present the colors. in other words, they marched on the field carrying a flag and our national anthem was played and sung.
tonight is kinda breezy so the flag was blowing quite a bit. the top right side of the field flag is torn and starting to fray. as I stood there, I thought about francis scott key as he wrote the star spangled banner and what an incredible sight it must have been as the smoke from battle cleared and the flag could not only be seen, it was still standing which meant not only was there victory, but that we would be free of the chains of tyranny.
I listened to the words and thought of that scene and had to give thanks to be a part of something much, much bigger than me. this country is very blessed and always has been since we became a nation and yes, I do believe God led the hearts and minds of several men to be our founding fathers. as I look at all of the challenges that face us from wall street to main street to your street and mine, we are still free and I prayerfully hope we always be. we will never be perfect and I hope we never are because then we strive for more. but at least we have the freedom to exercise our liberties. countless men and women have given their lives and their time to protect us and to them I am grateful. as I stood there, it almost became overwhelming to think of a much bigger picture.
I am, without any doubt, the luckiest man alive.

until next time…