The Cost is high, but worth it
The storm rolled in as we rolled home from celebrating America’s 250 with friends and family. The lightning in the distance was a better show than the fireworks that appeared alongside them. After getting home the wind really picked up and the trees shook violently, the lights flicked on and off. Then they stayed off. I could see that everybody in the neighborhood so I settled in to wait.
We prepared to go to bed, cause what else are you gonna do when you have no power at night. The silence is deafening in a house with no power, and I began to think about how easily we take electricity for granted. we live in an age where it’s always there, and it controls our whole lives. There’s a cost, but it’s well worth it to pay in order to keep the convenience and lifestyle it enables.
I wondered what some of our founders thought as they laid in bed 250 years ago on this night. They declared freedom from England, taking on the greatest power in the world. They wanted liberty, and they would do anything to have it. The cost was high, but it was worth it.
Just like we don’t think about electricity until it’s gone, we often don’t think about freedom and liberty until they are gone either. It’s easy to take it for granted, especially when somebody else is paying the bill. But without it our lives would be unrecognizable. It often takes losing it to make a stop and be thankful.
The power came back on four or five hours later, and I settled into sleep as I heard the air conditioner kick on. I’m thankful for those who went and worked in the dark to restore our power. But I’m thankful for those who have worked across the history of our country to maintain the freedom that we all so easily take for granted. America runs on the freedom that hums in the background, giving us the lives that we have.
Our founders fought, inspired by the idea that “all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. “ That idea has been challenged from the start, and it’s our duty to remind ourselves that freedom is a gift from God, and endeavor to make sure it’s not taken for granted. We should labor to make all men free, not only in body but in heart and soul as well. The ultimate freedom of the cross comes with a price too. . By God’s grace we live in a place where we can be free in body and soul. Let’s not take it for granted