Freedom to be-Time to be thankful

Yes, we celebrated another 4th of July yesterday. Did we think, however, of the freedoms we lost? Or were we too busy thinking of what's in front of us? Yes, we definitely need to wake up. What, you may ask, do you mean by that? I mean that we need to realize once and for all that we all have the freedom to be. No one has taken that freedom away from us. We should be thankful that we live in a country, so far, that hasn't denied that right. We aren't. We focus too much on the gross and the mundane, forgetting the sacrifices made.

I listened. I wept for those who would distort the truth. I wanted to scream for those that were denied the right to be. I didn't. Instead I walked away. I knew that the truths the founding fathers tried to convey to us were truly lost. Why? I don't know. I couldn't help thinking as the words of the Declaration of Independence were read that we are no better off than we were then. Did the people that listened to those words 235 years ago feel that the writer had captured their feelings? Or were some of them angry that those words should be spoken out loud? I knew from what I read that some were angry enough to make their voice heard. Would I stand up? Would I let my voice be heard?

Could I let it go? No. The freedom to be is too strong to be denied. It is a basic right and a solemn promise. I'm guessing those founding fathers felt the same way, just they also, as I do, focus their love and attention to the One who deserves it....The Lord.