Okay, last week I said I would write about the "little things" for this week, but as I was taking a shower this morning (I seem to do a lot of thinking there...more than usual...;D) I remembered that today is Independence Day. It is our formal reminder of the liberties we live with and in on a daily basis. It is a day when we can legally have fireworks, get to wear red, white, and blue clothing, and sing "God Bless America" or our National Anthem more than we normally do.
We get to buy "To Do List" magnetic note pads with stars/stripes on them, eat additional servings of hamburgers and hot dogs (extra burnt for me, please), and other than the heat luring us, enjoy more time in the pool. We are willing to park in a busy lot somewhere a mile down the road and walk the crowded sidewalk others are heading the same direction on in order to find the best spot possible to see a display of fireworks in a park or college field. We do it all so that we can be silenced...silenced in rememberance of why we're doing all I have mentioned in the first place.
We are being thankful and grateful for the ability to do those things amongst so many others because not only do we WANT to do them, but because we have the FREEDOM to do them. We sit silenced thanking God for not only the freedom He gives in our hearts, but for the freedom that so many people have fought to give us and still fight today to give us. There will be many who will continue to fight in the future for us as well.
Here's to those that lose somewhat of their own liberties in order to secure ours: THANKS a hundred-fold!!!
NEXT WEEK: The little things (for sure!)
