Remembering Freedom!
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July 01, 2021
This weekend we celebrate our nation's birthday, when our 13
collective states declared themselves no longer a colony of England but
an independent nation. On that momentous date, a letter was signed and
sent to England declaring our independence and determination to be a
free country.
That declaration of independence
letter would cause a war that would last seven years and cost thousands
of lives. But victory did come after much blood and with the help of
God’s guiding hand.
Indeed many historians have
recognized that the American continent was fertile soil for religious
freedom. Indeed the pilgrims and Puritans came to its shores seeking a
place they could worship their Lord without prescription or persecution.
Now
245 years later, our nation still continues to celebrate freedom - most
importantly, freedom of religion. Although July 4th is not a religious
holiday like Christmas or Easter, for many Americans it is a time to
reflect on God’s goodness to us as a nation. Molded into the Liberty
Bell in Philadelphia are these words from the Bible:
“Proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof” (Leviticus
25:10, KJV).
While we look with gratitude upon
how our nation came to be on July 4th 1776, may we also look in faith to
the future, and commit it and our lives to God and His will. The
ancient words of the Psalmist are still true:
“Blessed is the nation
whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12).
Blessings!
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