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“THINKABOUTIT” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Thursday; September 11, 2008

          Today is a day that reminds us of the price of freedom.  Seven years ago, our free and open society was ambushed by people who had been welcomed into it.   Our nation does not believe in exclusiveness and on one day, that blessing became a curse.

          There is a mixed blessing in freedom … in politics and in religion.  Just as free borders exposes us to dangers, so does the freedom to be able to choose our own religious path.  Neither our nation nor our God holds a gun to our head and demands that we believe a certain way; but, in our liberty to choose, we are at risk of either choosing the wrong path – or even no path at all.

          At the time of the early Christians, liberty was not as common as it is today; but, one of the early church Fathers warned of it’s dangers when he wrote, “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.” (I Peter 2:16). 

          Let’s relish our freedom; but, at the same time, lets make the best possible use of this God-given blessing.

          Think about it!  For the Madison Avenue Church of Christ; this is Charlie Wharton.

 

 

 

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