Sunday, October 1, 2000
Sunday, October 1, 2000
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Four years later when the fighting was finally over, the young man came home, a beaten man. One
of his neighbors asked, "What happened? I thought you were going to beat those Yankees with
broom sticks."
"We could have," replied the young man sadly, "Except we couldn't get them to fight with
broomsticks."
It would be nice now that the Cold War is over if we could totally eliminate our defense with the
knowledge that no nation would ever commit aggression against us again. But that's not the way
the world is right now.
But we should continue to have a great hope for the future. I know that at times I am guilty of
taking my freedom for granted. But Freedom is a fragile thing, and we should not take it for
granted. We should, however, do all we can to preserve and expand freedom. Almost all wars
start as the result of selfishness. If we work at being less selfish and focus on fulfilling the needs of
those around us, we can build freedom. If we give more of our time and money, we can build
bridges of freedom and peace. And I can't think of a better place to start than we our church. With
more of us working together we can do more to create freedom--freedom from poverty, freedom
from separation from God, and freedom from hate.
(2 Corinthians 3:17
NRSV)
I remember a story about a young Texan who enlisted and marched off to fight with his friends to
fight in the Civil War. "We won't be gone long," he claimed, "cause we can lick them Yankees
with broom sticks."
Loving God, may I not take the freedom Christ has given to me for granted. Amen.
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