Today I am reminded that freedom is not free. Men and women have fought for their freedom over the last 238 years. The freedoms they secured have been handed to us. Every generation is granted the right and responsibility to guard and enrich those freedoms as Americans. Some fought on the shores of foreign lands. Their willingness to sacrifice all deserves my thanks today. Others have fought battles at home in factories, city councils, pulpits and in courts to keep their, and our, individual liberties.
Let's remember that there are three battles for freedom that every generation must fight. The physical battle to defeat the enemies of freedom that threaten our safety. The intellectual battle to maintain a society that builds upon our freedoms rather than using freedom as an opportunity for laziness or wickedness. The spiritual battle we fight in prayer to overcome the powers of Satan that threaten us from without and from within.
As we fight for individual liberty, we must also fight for individual safety, individual productivity and individual goodness in the eyes of God. Happy 4th of July to you.
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