A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR JULY 4, 2025
(Part II of II)
IF WE LOVE FREEDOM… FAMILY, COUNTRY, ONE NATION UNDER GOD…
IF WE WANT PEACE, PROSPERITY, SAFETY…. A FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT IS WORTHY OF THIS NATION’S POTENTIAL… AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE…
IF WE LOVE ALL OF THE ABOVE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR FLAG STANDS FOR… LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS… OBTAINED AT A GREAT PRICE AND MUCH SACRIFICE BY MANY…
IF WE UNDERSTAND THE PASSION BEHIND THE FAMOUS WORDS: “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!” SPOKEN BY PATRICK HENRY AT THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION ON MARCH 23, 1775…
THEN LET US BE AS FAITHFUL TO THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR AND DEFEND US AS THEY ARE TO US — THOSE WHO ENDURE HARDSHIPS AND RISK EVERYTHING FOR “WE THE PEOPLE”. MAY GOD PRESERVE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHATEVER THEIR OCCUPATIONS. LET US PRAY OUR TROOPS BE FORTIFIED, PROTECTED AND GRANTED SUCCESS AS THEY UPHOLD THEIR OATHS, EVEN AS WE LIGHT THEIR WAY WITH OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.
JULY 4, 2025 IS A TURNING POINT FOR AMERICA. WHAT THE NATION’S FOUNDERS ENGRAINED INTO ITS FOUNDATIONS MUST BE VIGOROUSLY SEIZED AND RESTORED OR LOST FOREVER. FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN “FREE”. IT IS A REWARD FOR COURAGE!
ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1779, FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT JOHN PAUL JONES, WHILE ENGAGED IN BATTLE OFF THE COAST OF YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, EXCLAIMED TO THE BRITISH COMMANDER CHALLENGING HIM TO SURRENDER: “I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!”
CAPTAIN JONES’ SHIP, THE “BONHOMME RICHARD” WAS FATED TO SINK AFTER THE BATTLE AND AT THE COST OF MANY LIVES, BUT NOT BEFORE HE FORCED BOTH THE BRITISH “SERAPIS” AND ANOTHER TO SURRENDER. HE CAPTURED BOTH!!!
WE CAN BEST HONOR OUR PREDECESSORS BY NEVER GIVING UP. THE HARDER TIMES ARE, THE GREATER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE AS LIGHTS FOR OTHERS…
Suggested reading reference: This site’s article, “The Power of One”.
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