Happy Independence Day Everyone!

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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

     We enjoy many freedoms in our country, but often we misuse or abuse those freedoms as we do with all of God's blessings.  It is my prayer that we, as a nation of people, respect the history of our nation's people and what it has taken to get and preserve those freedoms that we have long fought for.  If we do not love and respect God and one another, this will prove to be impossible.  With repentance and forgiveness for sins against God and one another, may we strive to live firstly according to the Word of God, and then also according to this Declaration and its Preamble.
PRAYER:  MAY FREEDOM BE SEEN, NOT AS THE RIGHT TO DO AS WE PLEASE, BUT AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLEASE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.  MAY IT EVER BE UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR LIBERTY IS UNDER GOD AND CAN BE FOUND NOWHERE ELSE.  MAY OUR FAITH BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MERELY STAMPED UPON OUR COINS, BUT EXPRESSED IN OUR LIVES....TO THE EXTENT THAT AMERICA HONORS GOD OUR MAKER AND REDEEMER.  GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE!  AMEN.
Thanks for reading and God bless you this 4th of July and always!