Then conquer we must… USA National Anthem
America
Our cause is so just… Samuel West
Submission to Divine Chastisement – American Heritage – Andrew Jackson – August 15
My Pondering
Why does God allow sometimes allow bad things to happen to people, even those often times seeking to please Him?
‘Divine chastisement’ a solid Biblical explanation from a former President as recorded on this very day a couple hundred years ago.
🇺🇸 The American’s Creed 🇺🇸
American Heritage – August 6 – Daniel Webster
My Pondering
Let’s be grateful for men and women with this kind of a sacrificial mindset. All great endeavors require sacrificial giving, always sweat, money and/or precious time…and sometimes blood and even life itself.
Jesus Himself gave His all, as did His apostles.
Nonetheless, it’s better to sweat in peace than bleed in war.
Mending the Nation
My painting “Mending the Nation” depicts a single family beside the flag of a fallen soldier. Each person represents a VALUE it will take to rebuild America: Courage, Family, Hope, Faith, and Love; each value is required to make it work—remove one and the whole system fails.
Jon McNaughton
Then conquer we must… Francis Scott Key
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
The whole poem: the Star Spangled Banner
An image of the original: the Star Spangled Banner
It is for freedom Christ has… Galatians 5:1
My Pondering
In America, today is Independence Day. We celebrate our independence from England. Freedom from taxation without representation. Freedom from an earthly king across the Atlantic. They desired the freedom of self-rule.
It was also primarily the same English in the prior generations who fled the State ran Anglican Church of English, the Pilgrims and Puritans. They desired freedom of religion.
America next big war was against that of indentured, involuntary slavery of African-American. Christian abolitionist battled politically for years and when father Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the Emancipation Proclamation the slaves where free from other men.
This verse from Galatians 5:1 is a rallying cry for freedom within Christ; the ultimate freedom! Freedom to no longer be burdened by the heavy law of the Old Testament and its evil counter weight; sin. Sin and law no longer need be our task master.
This freedom comes the victory Christ won for is. It’s the Good News of the Gospel of Christ.
Yes, positionally we believers are free from the bondage of sin. God the Father sees us through God the Son. His perfection is attributed to our account. The term for this is called propitiation. Praise to God!
Therefore, we disciples of Christ can access the power of God’s Spirit and squelch sin’s effect. Unfortunately, even then it’s still with is us as we remain encased in flesh. Until we are transformed into Christ’s supernatural form, until sin’s dross is totally refined from our being we are in a fight. Fortunately, we have mighty weapons at our disposal as found in Ephesians 6 and elsewhere. This is what the mighty Apostle Paul spoke of regarding fighting the good fight.
The more dependent upon God we are the more independent from sin we become. However, the closer we are to God, the more aware we tend to become of our sin. It’s a perspective sensitivity paradox.
We are to be dependent upon God, interdependent with other Christians and independent from the yoke of sin’s slavery. Read more here.
If you have a sincere question or I can possibly help in an interdependent way, feel free to message me.
“Will you stop at mere words?” (Church rally scene in the movie The Patriot)
My Pondering
This snapshot in history reminds me of this scene in Mel Gibson’a great movie, The Patriot.
“Will you stop at mere words?”
The Patriot – young brave lady
This is a great lesson that there is a time to take commanding action based on our core values and principles.
As the pastor in this scene said,
A shepherd must take care of his flock,
The Patriot – Pastor
and sometimes fight off the wolves.
In life, we are wise learn from the past but not get stuck in it.
If we dwell on history too long,
Kung Fu series – Cain’s priest
we do so at the detriment of the future.
If we ignore history,
we do so at the detriment of the present.
The American Minute: Benjamin Franklin
Great article…choke full of wisdom from this founder father