Today’s message will be kept short and sweet so that I too can enjoy this mid-week holiday. As I thought about what I wanted to post, I could find no better words to convey the level of gratitude I have for our country’s independence from Britain, than those from an incredible American, Fredrick Douglass who said:
“Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too—great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men. The point from which I am compelled to view them is not, certainly, the most favorable; and yet I cannot contemplate their great deeds with less than admiration. They were statesmen, patriots and heroes, and for the good they did, and the principles they contended for, I will unite with you to honor their memory.”
Fredrick Douglass, Orator, Abolitionist, Writer
Like Douglass, I aim to do my best to give honor where and when it is due. I’ll leave it there today, but continue to pray for our nation.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!”
Psalms 33:12 BSB
Now let’s head out to enjoy the fireworks!!!
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