Keepers of Liberty

"The boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them." Th Jefferson in a letter to Samuel Knox, February 12, 1810

Our children today are the leaders tomorrow; how can they lead if we do not instill in them the principles of goodness and wisdom.  Education is most important, they must learn to read the wisdom of wise men, encouraged to ask wise questions in order for wise answers be found. Principles are based upon what is right and fair in the universe, what is give to us by birth, our children must know.

Allow children the follies of youth, give them time to experience freedom and liberty without reservations, to taste freedom and liberty gives one a desire for it for a lifetime. Let them frolic in days of youthful years; too soon they grow, yet while the young years mold them they need a happy heart.

Produce a good foundation in our children, allow them room for individual growth, but guide them where there are faults and praise them on achievements; a good adult shall appear. Take the time then as they grow, give them all necessary examples of principles with undeniable righteousness, they shall keep them close to rely their decisions on. Do not hesitate, be careful in securing news of their creator within their hearts, no man can be without a heart bathed in love, it gives him character, keeping him fair and balanced.

When upon your age, your days lingering in the autumn of your lifetime, give over to your children the business of guarding freedom and liberty; then too they shall prepare the next generation. Children are the holders of our existence, they are the keepers of freedom and liberty for the next generation; prepare them well and freedom and liberty shall prevail a millennium  hence.

Yours in Liberty

Feel my hand, it is I ..

It has been said no man believes until he has felt the hand and his fingers have touched the wound, the first of these men to be Thomas, hence the ‘doubting Thomas’ label. Is it so difficult to believe without feeling, seeing; do men need convincing of the truth or is their will to believe so weakened they must feel the hand?

There are many truths to behold, the most important truth is that which saves us. The word is written, the story told, but we must remember above all things we have the will, the free will to allow our creators principles to guide us. Is our desire to be oppressed, without access to the joys of our creator? Is it his word that tells us to live in oppression, to give up our worldly pleasures for the good of the people, the good of the world or are the words by a man seeking to be God, declaring himself to be supreme with no principles but those created by himself? Are these things he creates sustainable or shall they crash down upon him and all those he controls where good prevails and rises up around the destruction? Is the latter that through the centuries and millenniums dictate to be fact, the rising and falling of empires, trying to be god, but failing as good rises up to destroy that which is evil.

I say, behold the truth, if you do not see it, look for it. You say to me, if the truth be so easy to find, why must you seek so hard to find it; but you must seek it where you least expect it, for there hidden the truth lies. The truth does not hide from you, but you have hidden yourself from it. You chose to either to open your eyes or slumber.

In God We Trust

What a fitting time that we think of God. Many of us who do not head to church will do so this weekend, like Christmas, Easter is a time to renew our faith. Too busy for God, too busy to worship but just to be sure he will remember us we head off to church at least twice a year.
Our faith, our belief in God is not measured by how many times we enter the church of our choice nor is it measured by what religion, if any, we choose to follow. God is God, he is what keeps us going from the inside out. Whenever we feel the need to strengthen our inner selves we need only seek God out and we will discover some hidden inner strength we had not discovered. There is never a time we are not too busy for God because God just is there for us at any given moment, we just need to think of him and he is there, it is just that simple.
So how is it that God got left out or pushed out of things in our country? Surely, we know he was quite instrumental in putting America together. He was there for our founding fathers when they toiled about how to write the Constitution, he was there for Jefferson when he wondered what words to use for the Declaration of Independence and when John Adams agonized over the words to use to convince the other delegates to stand up with him in support of the independence God was right there and he continued his support throughout American history.
Not one man shed one drop of blood for freedom or liberty without God being there to aid in that man's journey in the fight. Ask any soldier and he will tell you how he feels the presence of God standing beside him on the battlefield. God knows freedom, he knows what every man desires and he is ready to be with any man who has the strength and faith to stand up for such freedom.
So where is God? Is he still around? Has our government convinced enough that God does not exist or should not exist? The answer is simple and powerful - No. God is too strong, too powerful, too wonderful for us to just abandon him. There is no way some government will convince us that God is not good enough for us or that God will make others feel bad about each other. On the contrary, God makes us, teaches us that we love each other, that we enjoy sharing with each other that which we have an abundance of, makes us smile with each other, bless each other and makes us blind to color and creed, letting us see only our fellow brothers and sisters.
God opens our eyes while the government wants us to close our eyes, in fact, it tries to blind us, blindfold us. God rips the blindfolds off, allows us to see where we have been blinded and gives us insight into our fellow men. What others try to hide from us under falsehoods God exposes the truth. What evils others try to do to us in the name of good God pulls off the sheep's clothing to reveal the wolf. God is truly in our midst and we can clearly see him.
When the masses are heading out for services this weekend and many that do not think of God do so this weekend we need to take the time to focus on joining together in thought or prayer, if you will, for the healing, the new birth of this nation so God can once again be a visible part of it rather than be a silent partner in it's well being. If you love America, you love God. America in God we trust ---------