Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine Freedom isn’t free. Staying free is costly, and holding freedom up takes work. The default setting on national, and spiritual, freedom toggle is off. “The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man,” a wise one said,…
A country’s soul can’t be stronger, or more free, than the sum of its parts. Without individual ability to self-govern, without willpower, federal government has no hope. Souls enslaved to sin do not a free nation make.
I’d always assumed my trim senior friend Gwen was just that way. That she was one of those blessed few, those naturally thin ones, who needed no self-control. Until the other day as we walked, and Gwen confided, Oh, those Sweet Lane cakes are so good! I could have eaten all eight slices. It was all…
For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice. Zechariah 4:10a Hi, Mom. This is Sam, our introvert ten year-old announced. You told me to call at two o’clock. It’s two o’clock. It may seem a small thing, Sam’s call. But it’s big, because Sam isn’t much for talking on the phone. Besides that aversion,…