Let Freedom Ring – July 4, 2012!

Let Freedom Ring – July 4, 2012!

Our country faces perilous times. Freedom and the very fabric of our foundation are under assault. Yet today I am excited about my country. I am excited about our future and what God has in store for this great Nation.

For the Last Two Years here is the July 4^th Post I have Shared. It never seems to get a lot of hits, but it is one of my favorite post.

I am reminded of what John Adams said about the Declaration of Independence:

It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.

John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776

Oddly enough Adams thought that Independence Day would be celebrated on July 2 (the day the resolution was voted on). However, I think his sentiments are as true today as they were then.

Today with Liberty under assault we need to remember our Liberty does not ultimately come from the votes of men, the decision of a court, the will of a single man, or even our guns. Liberty is a gift from God and when we remember our God and are faithful he will remember us and restore us. Woe to those who deny the living God and would seek to oppress his people.

The Words of the Declaration are as true today as they were when they were first written. I believe God inspired these words and gave the Declaration of Independence to us, just as he did his word:

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Read the rest here!

Have a Great Day Honoring our Country's Foundation and the Founder. Let Freedom Ring!