Independence Day!

        

  With the 4th of July approaching, I'm sure we will all be remembering the great founders of our country that put their lives and fortunes at risk in order that we would have a country in which all are free to enjoy "Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." (The Declaration of Independence). We hope to keep our country free in spite of the fact that the federal government presently is bloated, cumbersome and overly intrusive to these rights we hold so dear! We can blame both major parties in our political spectrum for this. Now it is up to us to vote responsibly in order to get our government away from being a government of the people by the government and for the government, and back to a "government of the people, by the people and for the people." ( Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address).
     If the clowns in Washington don't start listening to the will of the people, they are inviting a violent revolution upon themselves. This would be most unfortunate, and should be a very last resort. The next two election cycles may very well determine this possible course of events!
     Now, having said that, let us get on to the REAL Independence Day. The day you invite Jesus Christ of Nazareth into your life. "Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on Him, If you continue in my word,
then you are my disiciples indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE." John 8:32, (capitalization mine). If you haven't made that decision yet, please do it now, and enjoy REAL INDEPENDENCE!

The Great Reunion!

                              

   Our family just got back from a vacation that involved two family reunions, and one wedding.
My mom has been trying to get me to a reunion for twenty years! I finally went to one on my side of the family, and in the same week attended one on my wifes' side.  Needless to say, everyone gained weight, and
I found out that I had more in common with relatives than I realized.
   Think about the Great Reunion when we see Jesus! "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
   So we  will see Jesus and all our friends and relatives who were/ are believers! What hope we have in Christ!