O Beautiful

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

For amber waves of grain

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain.

America!

America!

God shed His grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood


From sea to shining sea.

This song led off the service Sunday, July 5, at Grace United Methodist Church in Dillon, Montana. As we sang it these images from our trip came to mind (but I had to go back a year to California for the sea to shining sea line).

Happy Independence Day!

Susie and Rob

p.s. For the story behind the song, please see this website.