At What Price?

I struggled all day on the 4th of July to decide on my message this year. Here it is the 5th, and I still am not sure. Make no mistake, I believe the United States of America to be a God-Inspired nation, and the best chunk of dirt on the planet. However, over the decades since the Civil War, it has been warped into something unrecognizable as it was conceived, and most of us are complicit. Allow me to explain.

The men who signed the Declaration choose to end it with this sentence, absolutely the best line in the God-Inspired document:

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

They put their lives on the line for what they believe in. At that time, I guarantee you that if men saw a woman being attacked on the street, they would have come to her defense. Not so today.

Today, we make excuses like “I can’t lose my job” or “What would my neighbors think” or “I’m afraid of being sued”. The fear of arrest is there as well. These men decided, hey look, we will DEFINTELY be targeted for arrest or death, BUT IT IS WORTH IT TO BE FREE MEN. They rolled the dice. Many of them lost – being killed or imprisoned. Most were impoverished. But they decided to do it anyway. That’s REAL courage.

There is some Tactical Wisdom on that:

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1

Living in fear that the government might arrest you if you do the right thing and defend yourself or someone else is slavery. Being too afraid to speak out for fear of losing your job (or social status) is slavery. Being cowed into submission over fear of a lawsuit is slavery.

Courage, and hence standing firm, comes from understanding these risks and threats and acting anyway.

Is the price (self-imposed slavery in exchange for comfortable living) worth it?

Stand Firm.

Remember that your birthright is non-complaince and a mistrust of authority. Act like it.

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