This Memorial Day Weekend we took some time together to reflect on the incredible gift of freedom we have been given by the sacrifices of those brave men and women who have served in our various armed forces. Their gift is a precious one indeed. The question we wrestled with is how we can be honor their gift. With some help from the apostle Paul, let’s explore that together.
How to Be Free
One of the more badly cliched ideas floating around out there about freedom is that freedom isn’t free. As cliched as the idea itself may be, though, it is nonetheless true. Freedom always has a cost associated with it. That cost has to be borne by someone. If you were not the one to pay it yourself, then it was paid by someone else. That’s simply the nature of freedom. It never exists on its own terms. It is consistently provided by someone else.
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