Our National Colors – I Love This Flag.

For me the National Colors represent pride for national and individual freedom, and justice – which is also a call to raise up whenever freedom or justice is compromised in our nation – as well as a extended call to rise up against other nations with compromised freedom and justice – this flag stands for freedom and justice because that’s our professed national posture.

Great loss of life, gained/lost freedoms, made/broken promises, excess/lacking equality are all part of this flag’s fabric that illustrates the history of the nation we are today – we’ve learned many hard lessons under these Colors – mostly, we’ve learned we’re not finished working toward national or individual freedom and justice  – that’s why I love this flag – this flag tells us we’ve got work to do in order to gain freedom and justice for all  – it’s up to us to continue and sustain this work, so our professed national posture is experienced by all citizens of this nation.

The National Colors are one of the most important symbols for our country – we strengthen this symbol when we stand for right, and fight against wrong within our nation – we honor and enhance this symbol when we recognize and address our flaws, as well as reinforce the fundamentals of freedom and justice.

This flag stands for our nation’s shared history, declared principles, and commitment to ‘all’ its people – when properly displayed, this is a powerful symbol of our respect for everything we proclaim to represent – when we answer the call to what this flag represents, we fulfill the purpose of this nation and her call for freedom and justice for all.

These Colors tell us that none of us are done in the struggle for freedom and justice for all  – that’s why I love this flag.