A DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE

Saturday, July 03, 2010

This is the time of year the people of the United State celebrate Independence Day.

We will observe this national holiday in a variety of ways: display the flag, shoot off fireworks, cookouts, sporting events--the list is long.

The Fourth of July is one of the supreme days in our national calendar. On this date in 1776 the original thirteen colonies issued their unanimous Declaration of Independence. The now famous Declaration included these memorable words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." 

Our country has been great because her government has been built on the principles of God's truth.

There are those of us who fear that our nation has begun to decline from its former greatness.

What can we do? We ought to renew a declaration of dependence upon divine Providence.

Listen to the climactic conclusion of the historic document: "For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Today, as perhaps never before, we as individuals and as a nation need to recognize how utterly dependent we are upon divine Providence. We need to make a Declaration of Dependence on the Providence and the Grace of Almighty God. 

GOD BLESS AMERICA!