With another Independence Day celebrated I think of how fortunate I am to live in this country. The country has changed a lot just in my short lifetime, especially since 9/11. However, it still remains true that we bask in freedoms that most of the world can only dream of. I pray that I never take it for granted. It's kind of like good health, often times we don't consider our health and how wonderful it is until sickness, injury, or disease comes on and steals it away. We are truly blessed to have the freedoms to worship openly, own multiple Bibles and spiritual books, and so many other freedoms. I for one, need to take greater advantage of these freedoms while they're so accessible to me.
Even more then these freedoms though, I'm thankful for the freedoms that can be found in a life in Christ. Being set free from sin as is mentioned in Rom. 6:18. Then Paul reminds us that we've been set free from the law of sin and death in Rom. 8:2. Ponder that for a minute. You're no longer destined for death. You no longer are a slave to sin as you used to be. The gift of Christ is so far reaching and so supremely sublime. Because of everything He has done for me, I again today purpose in my heart to "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do (will) not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage." (Gal. 5:1) Of course all of this, can only be accomplished by and through His amazing, unfailing grace.
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