With July 4th quickly approaching and end of this working vacation I am on ending soon, I thought I would post some information in the spirit of the holiday. As I sit here being a computer geek while my family is at the beach, I was thinking about July 4th and "Independence Day" and all the celebrations and parties that will be thrown. I am told that I will be part of one of these parties as soon as we get back from the beach.
What is independence day? Dictionary.com says that independence is the state or quality of being independent. So after learning nothing, I looked up the word independent as it states that being independent means that one is not subject to anyone else; free.
I know that we celebrate July 4th as the day we broke away from England, but are we truly free today? We are free from England, but to say that we are not subject to someone else is something that many people can't say. As Christians, we are free. We have been bought and paid for, and we are free. As we prepare to head to Poland, think about the gift of freedom that we have. We are going over to run an English Course, hug necks, make crafts, and do whatever, but are going with the sole purpose of telling these people about the freedom that we have and the freedom that is waiting for them? The single most important thing we will do in Poland, in Cynthiana, and in our life is to share this freedom. Poland is just becoming free politically, and praise God we can be a small part of the spiritual freedom that He freely offers.
Remember that freedom is not free. The price for freedom has always been blood. The blood of soldiers past and present give America her freedom. The blood of Jesus Christ gives us our freedom from the world. Let's live like we are free. Let's love like we are free. Love is a verb.
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