Evening Ti: Memorial Day

Today America stopped to celebrate Memorial Day. We remembered those who gave their lives in service to this country in order for us to celebrate the freedoms that we hold so dear. It is because of their sacrifices that we can experience the rich lives that we have in this country.

This evening, I was thinking also of those who sacrificed so much so that we can have our spiritual freedoms as well. America's founding fathers fought so that our country would be a religiously free country. No one is forcing us into a religion, we have the freedom to choose what we believe. This freedom gives us the opportunities to worship God how we please and evangelize as we desire. We don't have to worship in secrecy or fear, and we don't have to worry about authorities coming in to shut our churches down.

We are so blessed.

As you remember those who gave their lives for our country's freedom, don't forget to give thanks for those who blazed the trail for us to have religious freedoms as well. It is their foresight that has given us the liberty we have in our own lives of worship.