Faith & Patriotism

This summer our family visited Jamestown, Plymouth, Williamsburg, Boston, Lexington, Concord, New York, Yorktown, Washington DC, Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Monticello, and the Statue of Liberty. For my five children, American history is no longer a textbook full of pictures, but a living entity for which men pay dearly for the freedoms we hold.

As we stepped aboard the Mayflower II, reproduction of the original ship, it amazed me that a 102 people would desire religious freedom so badly that they would endure 67 days of stormy seas, sickness, 3sqft per person, & spoiled food to make their way to America. Forty-one men, signed the “Mayflower Compact”, thus establishing the first religiously free government in the world. It is considered the foundation of the US Constitution.

In the National Archives in DC we read this directly from the original Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Looking out over the 250,000 plus graves of Arlington National Cemetery, tears came to my eyes. These men gave their lives so I might openly preach the Gospel of Christ without fear of tyranny.

At this point in our history, it is difficult for me to believe that we are only one man and one election away from all this changing forever. The laws our legislature has tried to pass in the last 24 months, though temporarily tabled, if renewed, under the wrong President, would destroy not only our religious freedom, but our personal freedom. Faithful and Free, be alert! The Apostle Paul wrote: “This matter arose because false brethren had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to enslave us. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.” Gal. 2:4 & 5

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