Thankful Thursday

Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 3:35-36

This Independence weekend,

I thank God for a country where everyone is free to choose who to worship, how to worship, where to worship, when to worship or even not to worship.

I thank God for my adopted country which extends those same freedoms.

I thank God for the people who have gone before us, throughout history, many sacrificing their lives to provide us that freedom.

I thank God that I have the freedom of speech to say or write what I believe without fear of government reprisal.

I thank God for the forums that He has helped ordain for me to speak--in my family, my church, my study groups and in this blog.

I thank God that my children are growing up in a place that allows them those freedoms, and I pray that they will always know such freedom.

But most of all I thank God that absolute freedom comes through Christ. I thank Him that His sacrifice has set me free. I pray for those whose hearts are free but who live in countries where their bodies and actions are not, that they will take comfort in the freedom of the heart. I pray for those of us who are in free countries, that we never take for granted where true freedom reigns.

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