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July 04, 2004
Freedom and Independence
Happy Independence Day
No long reflection today, just a thought about what makes this a great country.
We use our God given talents to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Be it joining the Uniformed Services, working with Habitat for Humanity, feeding the hungry, volunteering with the Red Cross or some other invaluable work we as Americans can get the job done if we simply work together. While we each have our strengths together we are invincible. E Pluribus Unum.
Not only do we help others but also we help ourselves. As Kahlil Gibran said You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. What remarkable satisfaction can be found in doing for others. What a small sacrifice of time and talent must we make to bestow the gift of kindness and the miracle of hope on someone less fortunate, less free, than ourselves.
So on this Independence Day think not only of your own independence, not only of your nation’s independence, think how in some small way you can contribute to the independence of others; others on the other side of town, or on the other side of the globe. Each person we free from their unjust burdens is one more who can join us in the struggle to make all men free.
God Bless America, God Bless Freedom.
Posted by Matthew at July 4, 2004 09:09 PM