It’s a birthday for the nation of Canada and the nation will be singing it’s song all day long.
“God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.”
Glorious and free …
What exactly does that mean?
Glorious …
Well, glorious could be substituted with wonderful, magnificent. And Canada is! It’s beauty, from coast to coast (sea to shining sea), not just in it’s vast and varied landscape, but in it’s citizens from every nation. All have come here, to this vast nation, seeking what those of us who call this our native land … home … a place to live and work and play. A place to call our own.
Free …
To be free is to not be hindered, by anything or anyone. It can be physical, but it can also be emotional, social, spiritual … freedom from the inside out. So many Canadians have sought to live here in the True North, for the strength and freedom that is absent elsewhere, that is here in abundance. From my perspective, our freedom of speech has been, is and should always be our greatest freedom (even when what is said is disagreeable to us), for from it every other freedom evolves.
I am thankful for this nation that I call home.
I pray that God would keep our land glorious and free.
“Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion in thy loving care”
itsawonderfilledlife 
Carole – thank you for this ‘freeing’ post – I have titled this year – freedom 59 – I am finally ‘free’ of so much emotional bondage as well as from several individuals whom I love and have forgiven but cannot have them in my life – they are all in God’s hands now – O Canada, glorious and free – Amen, Amen, Amen – so be it – blessings xo