Freedom
July 04, 2007
When I was a young man, I used to hear the local "Up With People" choir singing a song that has stuck with me for decades.
It went like this:
"Freedom isn't free. Freedom isn't free.
You've got to pay the price; you've got to sacrifice
For your liberty."
Everything comes with a price. Today we give thanks for those who have paid the price with blood, sweat, tears, words, and years of steady vigilance. Furthermore, we recommit to the principles of liberty and government of, by, and for the people that have made us strong.
There is an ongoing price to pay for freedom and we must pay it or lose the blessing.
God helps us to highly value what we have received and to pass it on to our children as well.