The Cost of Freedom

What is freedom?  To DC (our last dog), it was being out of his pen to "paint" every tire in the yard.  To the boys, it was a holiday from school or work. The word "freedom" doesn’t’ begin to describe its real value, yet the word rolls off our tongues and slides from our lips with way too much ease.

 

Do you know ... The Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 men. Some names are well known in American history (John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,

Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson), but have you ever wondered what happened to the other men who signed our Country's certificate of birth?  Five signers were captured as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, while another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.  Never question the cost of freedom -- the price is always great.  The

freedoms we share as Americans were literally paid for with courage, commitment, and blood of men whose dreams of liberty far outweighed their own lives.  So it is with spiritual freedom;  the Cost is immeasurable and like no other.  It cost God everything -- His only Son.  Pure and unblemished, His desire that we be free far outweighed His own life.  There in the Garden, He spoke our words of liberty, "Not my will, Father, but thine be done."  He pledged His life, His divinity, and His Godly honor for our liberty.  Lest we forget, the cost of freedom is always great.  Thankfully, so are the rewards!