Our nation's Founding Fathers had an understanding of where our "rights" as human beings came from; something of which would do our nation well to understand today. I suspect that most people either out of ignorance or denial forget the words penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Here are the first several lines which make very clear the answer as to where our rights as human beings come from:
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these trust 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, at to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
So the answer is that our rights are given to us by the Law's of Nature and of Nature's God (simply affirming what is already known in the Holy Scriptures). Rights are not given by men, by government or any other entity that is of this world, but by God alone. Don't believe me, you try to extend your life by just one day in any given situation. The death rate for every person, regardless of "stature" is 1 for 1.
When I see comments such as the one's made my Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City I take issue and must take a stand against them. The excerpt below is from the following linked article:
"Stand aside, privacy-rights protectionists. The bombings in Boston prove the nation needs to change how it interprets the Constitution to give government greater power to protect citizens, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said." ~Emphasis added
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/23/ny-mayor-michael-bloomberg-constitution-must-chang/#ixzz2RfzvGfWw
Consider for a moment the words of Benjamin Franklin in 1755 to the Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, Tue, November 11, 1755:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/quote04.htm
Benjamin Franklin is right on. Anyone who is foolish enough to believe that their safety depends on a government or someone other than God and themselves does not deserve either. This falls right inline of the rights given to us by our Creator, we have the right to live, to pursue happiness and safety. We are responsible for our own actions and accountable to our God (regardless of whether you believe in Him or not) for those actions. Bloomberg's assertions of how we need to "change how it interprets the Constitution" is completely wrong. Makes me wonder if he has ever even read the Constitution. The Constitution starts off by saying:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
"We the people"... this right to safety is firmly in the hands of its people clearly defined by the Constitution. Some might say well it was to form a government and that government is responsible for our safety, to a certain extent it is. If you know your American history the original purpose of the Federal Government was to provide defense for our borders, regulate interstate commerce and to provide infrastructure (infrastructure being roads, communication, etc., not welfare, that was/is the responsibility of the Church... or aka the PEOPLE of God) for this nation. The states are responsible for all other components of government. Additionally it is the citizens of this nation that are responsible for there own safety. We wouldn't go walking through grizzly bear country without protection so why would we walk through this world that does have evil people in it without protection, regardless of the weapon used? There are wolves, sheep, and sheepdogs in this world. (If you don't know what I mean read the following http://www.gleamingedge.com/mirrors/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html. Which one are you?
So getting back to "Who gives us our rights", if your answer is that our rights come from people or a government then who is to say those "rights" are actually rights at all and not just subjective ideas defined by whatever we feel in that particular moment? However, if our rights come from the one true God, our Creator, then our rights are clearly given to us through the Holy Scriptures of the Bible and are forever timeless regardless of how we feel. Of course the latter is true and our Founding Father's were right on!
"The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that … it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; … "
Thomas Jefferson - letter to Justice John Cartwright, June 5, 1824. ME 16:45.
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl278.php
We live in a world where evil exists. The culture in which we live is determined to remove any reference to God from it. We are not the first nation to do this. Read 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles, Israel attempted the same, and you can read the outcome and about how evil prevailed. Many other nations have followed suit since then, we aren't any different.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Serving One Another in the Midst of the Trials
One of my struggles of late has been with my job. Last September I was moved into a role that required significantly more travel, something I absolutely despise. I hate being away from my family, the hassle of flying and all the preparation that goes into that. It makes it hard being on the road a lot of weeks, something of which I am convinced is not the Lord's will for a long period of time. As I have wrestled with this for several months, along with some other things, one aspect of God has become very clear to me. That is the Lord's sovereignty over my life. For whatever reason, like it or not, we are asked to walk through certain things in our lives that we may not like. The book of Ecclesiastes makes that very clear, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven;" (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Ecclesiastes also tells us that, "there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9). I have asked the Lord to remove this from me, to allow me to find another job, to take whatever it is that I am struggling away from me; however, He has not. Over the months I have instead begun to ask the Lord to give me the strength to endure, grant me courage, hope, and full and complete trust in Him, regardless of the wind and waves that might be crashing about (I'll write more on this in another post at some point). This season in my life has been a trial for me, teaching me more about who the Lord really is. While our God could be a tyrant and take joy in our misery, He is nothing like that. Our God in all His might and majesty tempers that might and instead in His perfect holiness reveals Himself in love to us. That perfect love of God the Son.
I was reminded today of the love of God in the midst of my trials and how He exemplified that love through His son. Take a look at John 13:1-17. It is the account of Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet after they shared supper on Jesus' last night on this earth. Obviously there was no greater love shown than what Jesus endured during His passion leading up to and on the cross; however even in the midst of what Jesus knew he was going to endure he served his disciples. Once he was finished washing their feet he says, "If I then, Your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you." The Lord clearly reminded me that even in the midst of trials and various seasons that we go through we have to serve one another, for isn't that true love? Later in that same chapter Jesus states, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34, 35).
We can get so wrapped up in our own trials, our own desires, thoughts, ideas and totally forget that in all of those things we are called to love one another, and by that love the world will know we are Jesus' disciples. Perhaps that is why such a darkness has fallen across our land is that the disciples of Jesus are not washing one another's feet and loving well, even in the midst of trials.
I was reminded today of the love of God in the midst of my trials and how He exemplified that love through His son. Take a look at John 13:1-17. It is the account of Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet after they shared supper on Jesus' last night on this earth. Obviously there was no greater love shown than what Jesus endured during His passion leading up to and on the cross; however even in the midst of what Jesus knew he was going to endure he served his disciples. Once he was finished washing their feet he says, "If I then, Your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you." The Lord clearly reminded me that even in the midst of trials and various seasons that we go through we have to serve one another, for isn't that true love? Later in that same chapter Jesus states, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34, 35).
We can get so wrapped up in our own trials, our own desires, thoughts, ideas and totally forget that in all of those things we are called to love one another, and by that love the world will know we are Jesus' disciples. Perhaps that is why such a darkness has fallen across our land is that the disciples of Jesus are not washing one another's feet and loving well, even in the midst of trials.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Walking in the Light
"We are not told to 'walk in the light' of our conscience or in the light of a sense of duty, but to 'walk in the light as He is in the light...' (1 John 1:7). When we do something out of a sense of duty, it is easy to explain the reasons for our actions to others. But when we do something out of obedience to the Lord, there can be no other explanation--just obedience. That is why a saint can be so easily ridiculed and misunderstood." ~ Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, February 28
This exhortation could not have come at a better time for myself. Earlier in his exhortation he brings up Proverbs 3:5, 6 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths."
To me that is a verse so many folks know but, it seems to me, forget that the emphasis isn't so much in verse 5 as it is in verse 6 (yes first we have to trust, but the trust requires an action in acknowledging the Lord). It harmonizes so well with 1 John 1:7 which states in it's entirety - "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." In all our dealings in this world, walking in light means to first trust in the Lord, in trusting we will then acknowledge the Lord in all of our dealings and turn to Him first for everything. We will not rely on our own conscience, or what we "think" is right or what the culture (either the worldly or church) has taught us, instead we will turn to His word and test all things in light of His word. From there He will direct our paths and guide us. We must seek to understand His will, not seek to harmonize his will with ours, but rather ours with His.
This exhortation could not have come at a better time for myself. Earlier in his exhortation he brings up Proverbs 3:5, 6 - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths."
To me that is a verse so many folks know but, it seems to me, forget that the emphasis isn't so much in verse 5 as it is in verse 6 (yes first we have to trust, but the trust requires an action in acknowledging the Lord). It harmonizes so well with 1 John 1:7 which states in it's entirety - "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." In all our dealings in this world, walking in light means to first trust in the Lord, in trusting we will then acknowledge the Lord in all of our dealings and turn to Him first for everything. We will not rely on our own conscience, or what we "think" is right or what the culture (either the worldly or church) has taught us, instead we will turn to His word and test all things in light of His word. From there He will direct our paths and guide us. We must seek to understand His will, not seek to harmonize his will with ours, but rather ours with His.
Friday, January 11, 2013
What Changed
For those that have known me for a long time you might wonder what has changed in me that I post so much about the firearms? What caused me to want to move to Colorado and make some other changes. Those have all stemmed from changes that have occurred in my heart. It all started with a prayer out of brokenness, and directly from Psalm 139:23, 24, "Search me, O God and know my heart; Try me and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Several years ago I found myself in the midst of almost losing everything from some very poor errors in my judgment. I stood at the brink of a precipice and there was no one there to pull me back. The Lord literally intervened and saved me. That was some 6 years ago. Prior to that I had lived the "nice guy" Christian life, but felt like I was dead inside, I chased fruitless dreams, seemed to wander around a bit. I even had a "friend" and whom I thought was a mentor tell another friend of mine that I was "wishy washy". Later this same person, after things had come to light, stated to me that "I knew something didn't seem right with you." I don't disagree with those things that were said of me, I just wish that he had confronted me directly on those things, maybe it would have uncovered the deeper, darker things in my heart, maybe things would have gone differently. I was "aloof" in my heart, and even though I knew the scriptures I was very much like a Pharisee, I had not let the Word of God pierce my heart or break me.
After the set of circumstances in 2006 and upon the realization that I was broken I began to pray Psalm 139, I really took to heart Proverbs 4:23-27, "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids right before you. Ponder the path of your feet and let all of your ways be established. Do no turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil." God really began stirring in my heart. It was at that time we joined a small church, where, I have met some of the most honorable men I know to this day. They surrounded me. Kirk, my dear friend and at that point in time my new Pastor had a true Shepherd's heart, (he still very much does, we talk fairly regularly). Us men began the study of the book Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzerro. That book taught me so much, what it means to love well, how experiences and my past had shaped me and my actions both present and future. It taught me to love incarnate. I highly recommend that book.
It was also during this time that I really began to wrestle with the nature of God, who God is. I found that I didn't really understand His grace, I really didn't understand why He didn't just strike me down because of my sin. I read the whole Old Testament during this time. I knew the New Testament pretty well, but it wasn't until I read the Old Testament that it really opened up to me who the Lord really is. It also reshaped so much of what I thought I knew in the New Testament. I found out about how the Lord has perfect mercy, perfect grace, and perfect wrath and judgment. I learned more about His eternal nature. I began to think critically about what I believed about the Lord. One of the biggest struggles I had was with my own mortality, I was afraid to die; of course, who isn't? Most of the men in the Old Testament, didn't seem afraid to die (neither did those in the New Testament, especially for their faith in Jesus). One book I struggled with the most was the book of Job. Man, what a story! It had a profound impact on the way I viewed the Lord. The history of Israel, amazing, how God deals with people's hearts on such a personal level, but when it comes to nations it is in judgment. The Old Testament has shaped much of the way I view our nation today and why I mourn for the people of our nation. God hasn't changed.
During a set of counseling sessions that Shannon and I had in 2006 our counselor recommended to Shannon and I that we read the book Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. Shannon bought that book for me in 2007, I finally picked it up in 2010. It took me about 2 weeks to read the book. Since that time I have reread that book (as well as the others) about 3 times now. Again Wild at Heart is a must read. It helped me to uncover a lot of what I knew in my heart, but really couldn't articulate. It dealt with me on things like why just being a "nice Christian guy" is killing me. Why I need to make a stand for what is right and to be an example to my sons. As Kirk would say, "more it caught than taught." The aspect of God that is a fierce warrior, but tender at the same time and that us men are made in that same image. Again it helped me peel back the layers of my heart and it continues to this day.
The other book I read during this time period (among some other theologically deep books on "end times", the sovereignty of God and some others) was a book by Steve Farrar called King Me. This is a must read for any father out there, young or old. One of the struggles I had early on was that I wanted to do great things for this world, I wanted to change it and be "great for God". Many know this, but I love to sing, I thought that one day I would have that as my "ministry" to the Lord and be great. I pursued it, even to the point of being gone practically every night doing "church" things. I left my family at home. I had, at the time, two sons at home who really didn't know their daddy (which at that point may have not been a bad thing). I was an angry man, frustrated, lost my temper often, my values were not real good, but I really did desire and love the Lord. What I didn't understand at that time is that love required that I value the things that are important to the one I claimed to love more than what I valued. That is true love. That is what the Lord requires of us, if we are to truly love Him. I can relate to the David's historical account in many ways.
King Me is about the legacy that David passed down to Solomon, and then from there on down the line. If you are familiar with the account, it eventually leads to the destruction of Israel. Is our nation any different than that? We did not get to the place that we are overnight, it started some generations ago, the exact timing could be up for debate, but more than likely it started around the turn of the 20th Century. It's not something we can fix overnight either. It will take generations to fix, and honestly, (and I am sure folks will disagree with me on this) but we aren't ready to fix it. The fields are NOT white with snow, they are dead in their hearts. The people are still in the mode of turning from God, there is no brokenness, only disobedience. The hearts of the people are hardened. Our model to know when the heart is ready is with Jesus' words in Matthew 5, or what most know as the Beatitudes. There was none more guilty than I; I was not around for my wife nor my sons and my heart was very hard. The legacy I was going to leave was not going to be that much different from the rest of our culture. I bought into the culture, I was a micro-chasm of the culture, just like many of the churches I attended. (Save for Living Springs, which to this day is very counter-church culture and yet I know the Spirit is working mightily among them. They are an organic church.) Then it hit me... What sort of legacy am I leaving, what am I instilling in my sons. What will their grandchildren remember me as? I realized that I would not be remembered for the "great" things I did in my life or any of my accomplishments, but that I would be remembered by how I lived my life. Not necessarily in specific events, but by how my sons will have grown up to be men and then what traits and values they will have passed along. Will they pass along the love of the Lord? How can they if I do not live that way. The Scripture defines what that looks like very clearly and no I am not talking about generational curses or anything like that, no such thing exists; however, what does exist is what they will "catch" from the way I live. Our children WILL learn it and take it to the next level, they will amplify whatever it is we do, both the spoken and unspoken, both the good and the bad. I came to the realization that my GREATEST LEGACY will be my sons. That is how we change the world, by living out our 70, 80 years, or whatever time we have on this earth and living in such a way as to teach our children but to also walk the journey out with them. Again more is caught than taught.
Men, it is time to be men, that is to stay the course, be steadfast, men after the Lord's own heart. To turn away from the darkness; it is clearly defined in the scriptures as to what that is. If you have any doubts, look at the evil that abounds in our world today and ask yourselves how did we get here? History is the greatest teacher about the future. We are not the first nation to go down the current path we are on, and it is very clear about what happens to the nations that do continue down this path.
This is just a brief glimpse into what has shaped me into what I am today, and this journey is by no means over, far from it. There is also no single answer to the question on what has changed, this has been a step-by-step journey, the Lord reveals new things to me with every step. Because of where I am at and what I have learned, by heart breaks for our nation, it breaks for my sons and the type of world they will have to live in. I want them to be able to defend themselves from evil, both spiritually and physically. They will have to raise families in this world, I want them to be able to do it in a free nation; however because of the evil it very well could be in bondage, and they may have to once again fight for their freedoms. I want them to be prepared as men, men of God. I want them to live passionately for the Lord, because it is that passion that future generations might need to be able to live freely for God, the Creator of all things and they just might have to fight for it.
Several years ago I found myself in the midst of almost losing everything from some very poor errors in my judgment. I stood at the brink of a precipice and there was no one there to pull me back. The Lord literally intervened and saved me. That was some 6 years ago. Prior to that I had lived the "nice guy" Christian life, but felt like I was dead inside, I chased fruitless dreams, seemed to wander around a bit. I even had a "friend" and whom I thought was a mentor tell another friend of mine that I was "wishy washy". Later this same person, after things had come to light, stated to me that "I knew something didn't seem right with you." I don't disagree with those things that were said of me, I just wish that he had confronted me directly on those things, maybe it would have uncovered the deeper, darker things in my heart, maybe things would have gone differently. I was "aloof" in my heart, and even though I knew the scriptures I was very much like a Pharisee, I had not let the Word of God pierce my heart or break me.
After the set of circumstances in 2006 and upon the realization that I was broken I began to pray Psalm 139, I really took to heart Proverbs 4:23-27, "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids right before you. Ponder the path of your feet and let all of your ways be established. Do no turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil." God really began stirring in my heart. It was at that time we joined a small church, where, I have met some of the most honorable men I know to this day. They surrounded me. Kirk, my dear friend and at that point in time my new Pastor had a true Shepherd's heart, (he still very much does, we talk fairly regularly). Us men began the study of the book Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzerro. That book taught me so much, what it means to love well, how experiences and my past had shaped me and my actions both present and future. It taught me to love incarnate. I highly recommend that book.
It was also during this time that I really began to wrestle with the nature of God, who God is. I found that I didn't really understand His grace, I really didn't understand why He didn't just strike me down because of my sin. I read the whole Old Testament during this time. I knew the New Testament pretty well, but it wasn't until I read the Old Testament that it really opened up to me who the Lord really is. It also reshaped so much of what I thought I knew in the New Testament. I found out about how the Lord has perfect mercy, perfect grace, and perfect wrath and judgment. I learned more about His eternal nature. I began to think critically about what I believed about the Lord. One of the biggest struggles I had was with my own mortality, I was afraid to die; of course, who isn't? Most of the men in the Old Testament, didn't seem afraid to die (neither did those in the New Testament, especially for their faith in Jesus). One book I struggled with the most was the book of Job. Man, what a story! It had a profound impact on the way I viewed the Lord. The history of Israel, amazing, how God deals with people's hearts on such a personal level, but when it comes to nations it is in judgment. The Old Testament has shaped much of the way I view our nation today and why I mourn for the people of our nation. God hasn't changed.
During a set of counseling sessions that Shannon and I had in 2006 our counselor recommended to Shannon and I that we read the book Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. Shannon bought that book for me in 2007, I finally picked it up in 2010. It took me about 2 weeks to read the book. Since that time I have reread that book (as well as the others) about 3 times now. Again Wild at Heart is a must read. It helped me to uncover a lot of what I knew in my heart, but really couldn't articulate. It dealt with me on things like why just being a "nice Christian guy" is killing me. Why I need to make a stand for what is right and to be an example to my sons. As Kirk would say, "more it caught than taught." The aspect of God that is a fierce warrior, but tender at the same time and that us men are made in that same image. Again it helped me peel back the layers of my heart and it continues to this day.
The other book I read during this time period (among some other theologically deep books on "end times", the sovereignty of God and some others) was a book by Steve Farrar called King Me. This is a must read for any father out there, young or old. One of the struggles I had early on was that I wanted to do great things for this world, I wanted to change it and be "great for God". Many know this, but I love to sing, I thought that one day I would have that as my "ministry" to the Lord and be great. I pursued it, even to the point of being gone practically every night doing "church" things. I left my family at home. I had, at the time, two sons at home who really didn't know their daddy (which at that point may have not been a bad thing). I was an angry man, frustrated, lost my temper often, my values were not real good, but I really did desire and love the Lord. What I didn't understand at that time is that love required that I value the things that are important to the one I claimed to love more than what I valued. That is true love. That is what the Lord requires of us, if we are to truly love Him. I can relate to the David's historical account in many ways.
King Me is about the legacy that David passed down to Solomon, and then from there on down the line. If you are familiar with the account, it eventually leads to the destruction of Israel. Is our nation any different than that? We did not get to the place that we are overnight, it started some generations ago, the exact timing could be up for debate, but more than likely it started around the turn of the 20th Century. It's not something we can fix overnight either. It will take generations to fix, and honestly, (and I am sure folks will disagree with me on this) but we aren't ready to fix it. The fields are NOT white with snow, they are dead in their hearts. The people are still in the mode of turning from God, there is no brokenness, only disobedience. The hearts of the people are hardened. Our model to know when the heart is ready is with Jesus' words in Matthew 5, or what most know as the Beatitudes. There was none more guilty than I; I was not around for my wife nor my sons and my heart was very hard. The legacy I was going to leave was not going to be that much different from the rest of our culture. I bought into the culture, I was a micro-chasm of the culture, just like many of the churches I attended. (Save for Living Springs, which to this day is very counter-church culture and yet I know the Spirit is working mightily among them. They are an organic church.) Then it hit me... What sort of legacy am I leaving, what am I instilling in my sons. What will their grandchildren remember me as? I realized that I would not be remembered for the "great" things I did in my life or any of my accomplishments, but that I would be remembered by how I lived my life. Not necessarily in specific events, but by how my sons will have grown up to be men and then what traits and values they will have passed along. Will they pass along the love of the Lord? How can they if I do not live that way. The Scripture defines what that looks like very clearly and no I am not talking about generational curses or anything like that, no such thing exists; however, what does exist is what they will "catch" from the way I live. Our children WILL learn it and take it to the next level, they will amplify whatever it is we do, both the spoken and unspoken, both the good and the bad. I came to the realization that my GREATEST LEGACY will be my sons. That is how we change the world, by living out our 70, 80 years, or whatever time we have on this earth and living in such a way as to teach our children but to also walk the journey out with them. Again more is caught than taught.
Men, it is time to be men, that is to stay the course, be steadfast, men after the Lord's own heart. To turn away from the darkness; it is clearly defined in the scriptures as to what that is. If you have any doubts, look at the evil that abounds in our world today and ask yourselves how did we get here? History is the greatest teacher about the future. We are not the first nation to go down the current path we are on, and it is very clear about what happens to the nations that do continue down this path.
This is just a brief glimpse into what has shaped me into what I am today, and this journey is by no means over, far from it. There is also no single answer to the question on what has changed, this has been a step-by-step journey, the Lord reveals new things to me with every step. Because of where I am at and what I have learned, by heart breaks for our nation, it breaks for my sons and the type of world they will have to live in. I want them to be able to defend themselves from evil, both spiritually and physically. They will have to raise families in this world, I want them to be able to do it in a free nation; however because of the evil it very well could be in bondage, and they may have to once again fight for their freedoms. I want them to be prepared as men, men of God. I want them to live passionately for the Lord, because it is that passion that future generations might need to be able to live freely for God, the Creator of all things and they just might have to fight for it.
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