I’m not asking a question this week because it’s July 4th and many people are on vacation.
Instead, let me leave you with this quote from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
I hope you reflect on what this quote means to you and all of us. And to my outside-the-US friends, please pray for us. We need it.
Stay safe and have a happy and reflective July 4th.