1000 Gifts: Freedom

Off with your hat, as the flag goes by!
And let the heart have its say;
you're man enough for a tear in your eye
that you will not wipe away.

~Henry Cuyler Bunner

Celebrating... rejoicing... and giving thanks for freedom,

I add another page to my journal and write again.

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freedom... and those who gave their lives to insure it

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freedom... and those who give their lives to defend it

My God! How little do my countrymen know

what precious blessings they are in possession of,

and which no other people on earth enjoy!

~Thomas Jefferson

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

~Elmer Davis

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my husband, my daddy, and my father-in-law... their sacrificial service to our country

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courage & conviction

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the red, white, and blue

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and everything for which it stands

National honor is national property of the highest value.

~James Monroe

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leaders who are proud to call themselves Americans

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and who refuse to settle for anything less

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those who came before us

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and gave everything they had

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these United States

We on this continent should never forget

that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs

but to secure liberty for their souls.

~Robert J. McCracken

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the hand of the Father... as seen throughout time, throughout HIStory...

unmistakable, irrefutable, all-powerful, and eternal

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and His promise to heal our land

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pastors who boldly proclaim Truth and refuse to compromise God's Word

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and the freedom to worship together

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

~John Gunther

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friends and family

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flags and fireworks

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festivities and fellowship

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fun!

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our parade down the street... the children's merry voices calling, "Happy 4th of July!! Happy 4th of July!!"

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little flag-waving Americans

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.

~Charles F. Browne

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summer

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late nights and fireflies

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

~Benjamin Franklin

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the sovereignthy of our Creator

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His relentless pursuit... that ALL should find freedom in Him

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and the ultimate reward... freedom that will never be stripped away... found only in the Savior, Jesus Christ

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free."

Galatians 5:1

and the list goes on...