The Fourth of July is upon us, but I truly wonder how many people celebrate it for the right reasons.
I think just too many of us look forward to partying with friends and sounding off the loudest and most beautiful displays of fireworks.
Do we take into account what our forefathers labored over all those years ago? Some maybe? Most, probably not.
I think we should make this year different and put it at the forefront of our gatherings.
The Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the 13 united States of America,
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. "…
Obviously, I could not type out the whole Declaration, but I'm sure I have opened some eyes.
So my friends I hope that this Fourth of July that we at least remember why we celebrate and why it even exists. Our children and children's children need to know what it is all about and so truth will prevail. Amen.
