Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Quote of the Week

This time of the year, many thoughts turn to celebrating the freedoms we have, especially here in the United States.  Our quote this week is taken from from a prayer offered by Peter Marshall in 1947  when he served as chaplain to the U.S. Senate.  The obvious takeaway from this quote applies more to the grace vs. license debate, but I want to look at it from a slightly different angle.  For those of us living in "western" nations, we have incredible freedom to travel to almost every nation on earth.  While some may require creative access there are very few nations that we are completely unable to enter.  We also have an immense amount of resources available to make it happen (although this does require others to get on board).  My question for you today is this: are we using these freedoms to do what is right in light of the mandate we've been given by Jesus?

"May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to 
do what is right." - Peter Marshall


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