Ken’s E-pistle for July 2, 2007
Sometime ago on a fourth of July, a newspaper reporter in Madison, Wisconsin, went out on the street with a copy of the Declaration of Independence. He had removed the familiar script, updated the language, and printed it on ordinary legal size paper. In short, it looked like most other documents we see on a daily basis. He then proceeded to interview 112 people, trying to get signatures from those who would be willing to endorse the message of the Declaration. It may shock you to know that only one out of the 112 people interviewed would sign this document which first defined our national goals and aspirations.
It certainly made me pause and think. Would I sign such a document? It is one thing to enjoy the benefits of our great nation. It is altogether another to be grateful enough for them to be willing to set my name on a documents which establishes them.
It may well be that this grand experiment in democracy will someday end. I yet remain convinced that, with all her flaws, the United States of America has done more to bring the light of freedom to the world than any other nation in the history of our world. I also remain convinced that our God is the Lord of history and He uses us as instruments of His hand. Not perfect instruments, to be sure, but instruments nonetheless.
This week, perhaps on the Fourth, itself, why not take a moment to re-read the Declaration of Independence. If you don’t have a copy, I recommend the following
Website: ushistory.org/declaration. You will find the Declaration, the signers, biographical information and more.
I bid you peace.
Ken
