Do you remember the article I posted on 3/19? The article talked about 249 years ago when the American colonists began their armed struggle to defeat tyranny and oppression. It reminded readers of how simple farmers, tradesmen, and businessmen picked up arms and defeated the largest, most professional, most powerful army in the world. It took 8 years, but they did it. And in so doing changed the world for the better by establishing a new form of government, a divinely inspired type of government centered on “we the people.”

At part of that article I asked you to do something. Here is what I asked…

“On April 19^th, one month from now, I would like you to gather with friends and family, enjoy a picnic, a quiet meal, or simply a desert together. Review the events of April 19^th, 1775. Point out that the British government not only was the most powerful government/empire in the world at the time, it was the richest, and had the largest, most powerful, most professional, most lethal military in the world.

Talk about how a group of idealistic colonists formed citizen militias, fought, and won the day. If you have time, discuss the Declaration of Independence that came about the next year, what it meant, what it did, and the movement that it not just documented and started…but what it meant to the entire world in the following years…and what it means to us today.

Take a moment and read aloud the “Concord Hymn” to each other. Feel the swell of pride well up inside of you. Feel the awe and reverence for those men that day, in that place, at that time, what they did, and what they risked.

Then, as if in prayer, read together the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. Quietly, in deep reverence, listen. Listen to that still small voice inside. Listen to the Spirit that you feel deep in your heart. Then follow that prompting.”

Tomorrow is April 19^th…I am asking you again to do this simple thing. But from simple things can come greatness. Just look what those colonists did.

Concord Hymn

The last sentence of the Declaration of Independence reads, “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”

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