main menu | youngsters categories | authors | new stories | search | links | settings | author tools |
Fourth Of July (standard:Editorials, 1801 words) | |||
Author: Lori | Added: Jul 06 2007 | Views/Reads: 3381/2208 | Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes) |
In the United States we celebrate our Independence from England on July 4th. This is my tribute to that day. | |||
Click here to read the first 75 lines of the story It is a right from God. We have free will to do as we please, He gave us this to make us CHOOSE to live for Him, instead of MAKING us live for him. There's a big difference in my book. God also gave us the choice to live right, or wrong. It's our walk with God and it's personal. No one's walk will be the same, and that's freedom too. For who wants to have the same walk? We wouldn't be unique in God's eyes if we were all the same. Are we really free? It depends on how you look at it. We are free to live our lives in the United States, but we're slaves to money. We're free to vote, but we're slaves to the people we vote for. We're free to say anything we want, but we're slaves to being politically correct so we don't hurt each other's feelings. We're free to have guns, but we're slaves to the government on how we use them. We're free to be religious, but we're slaves to the ones who don't, or won't, understand what we believe in. A solider, in war time, is free to live anywhere he wants too, but, in times of peace, he is a slave to the owner of said house. We're free to be searched and sieved by any form of police force, but we're slaves to what they take and how they use it. We're free to be innocent, but we're slaves if we are proven guilty. We're free to sue anyone we want too, but we're slaves of the court to how they will judge those suits. We're free from unusually and cruel punishments, yet we are slaves to the death penalty. I'm free to write about the Bill of Rights, but I'm a slave to the ninth one. We're free, in each state, to chose our own laws, but we're slaves to the federal laws that govern our country. Hey, I didn't write them but they are our Bill of Rights and they can be found here: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html. Do we really want to be free? Yes, I will agree this is a stupid question. But, it goes back to religion again. Some people choose to be bound by Satan's hands. They choose to be slaves to the flesh. So, there are some people who would wonder about being free from this lifestyle. Now, again let me explain before you holler and screaming. SOME people who turn their backs on God do so to have the life Satan promises them. They sell their souls for fame, fortune, and whatnot. So those people think they are free, but in reality they are bound by Satan because they no longer have a soul that is free. At least with God we are free to choose how we live. We can live for Him and for the glory of his name, or we can choose not too and not be under the thumb of Satan, but have a life with little or no meaning. It seems like I'm going to get into trouble no matter how I go with this one. But, what I mean is just because you choose not to live for Christ doesn't mean you're living for Satan either. It's your choice on how you live your life and you have the freedom to do that. I choose to live for Christ because it's my freedom to do that. What's the price for this freedom? It depends on what freedom you're talking about. The freedom of our country is paying a price that is higher than anyone could have imagined almost six years ago. The freedom has been paid, and is continuing to be paid, with the blood of brave men and women who have given their lives for this country. That's a pretty high price in my book, but I greatly appreciate the sacrifices they have made for me and my family. I owe my live to these people and I don't even know their names. My father was a Vietnam Vet. He saw war first hand and it changed him forever. He turned to drugs to forget what he saw over there and he lost his family because he couldn't deal with the emotions being in war brought to him. I don't know if he ever regretted his decision, he died when I was 10. But, in my heart, I don't think he did. When he left to go over there he was a newlywed. He was over there for about three months when he found out I was to be born. He had a new reason to fight for his country, ME. To me this says a lot about him as a person. To me it says a lot about a man I don't know. To me it shows me how much he loved me before he knew me. To me it shows that I should proud Vietnam Vet's daughter and I must live up to the responsibilities that go along with it. One of those responsibilities is to live my life knowing I make my father proud of me every day of my life and in everything I do in that said life. I hope he would be proud of this article because I do it in the memory of him. I didn't know that until it entered my head to write. But, Lord help me, I find that I'm so overcome with emotion that I know it's true. Daddy, PLEASE be proud of your daughter who still loves you to this day. And please know that even though you are gone you ARE NOT forgotten. You STILL own a piece of my heart. The price of freedom in religion is also a high price to have been paid. Jesus Christ was crucified for the freedom of sin. He gave up His live for us all to be free, if we choose to live for Him. He gave up His only begotten son to let us have the freedom to choose between living for the spirit or living for the flesh. That says a lot about a person. It says He knows what unconditional love is and He's willing to give it to you if you would only accept it and believe in Him. I don't know how well I answered those questions. But, I tried, with the best of my ability and limited knowledge, to give you the answers. Now it's your turn to give me yours. Feel FREE to leave me any comments you have. Be totally honest and sincere, for I would do the same for you. HAPPY 231st BIRTHDAY AMERICA! July 3, 2007 Tweet
Authors appreciate feedback! Please write to the authors to tell them what you liked or didn't like about the story! |
Lori has 244 active stories on this site. Profile for Lori, incl. all stories Email: bostonsdandd@yahoo.com |