About 250 years ago our forefathers fought for the freedom of our country. One of the greatest freedoms we are blessed with today is the freedom of religion (not the freedom from religion, as some would claim). My ancestor, Brantley Mosley, fought in the Revolutionary War, and he was blessed to come home to enjoy what he had fought for.
I was born in 1932, so at almost 94 years of age, I’ve lived more than a third of the 250 years our country has existed. Also, the hymn “Amazing Grace” was written about 250 years ago. God has granted me amazing grace all these years. That has become my favorite hymn. I am bedridden now, but as I lie in my bed, I think of how God has blessed me personally and also the United States of America.
My parents named me after a really good man, George Hinson of Hazlehurst, and they hoped that I would have some of the honorable traits he had. At 6 months of age, I got double pneumonia. With no doctors out in the country and no modern medicines, most babies would have died, but God answered my parents’ prayers, and I lived.
