What fun to be free as a bird:

• No worries
• No problems
• Totally free

We feel free as a bird if we are free from:

• Work (Friday afternoon with the weekend ahead)
• School (the beginning of summer vacation)
• Marriage (if we prefer a single life)
• Jail
• Anything that keeps us from what we want to do

On July 4, Independence Day, the United States celebrates our country’s freedom.

The bald eagle symbolizes that freedom.

July 4 includes:

• Parades
• Fireworks
• Cookouts
• Music
• Worship
• And so much more

Although far from perfect, we enjoy freedoms many people have never known.

Yet, our freedom comes at great price for many.

Soldiers often go beyond the call of duty.

• Many gave their lives.
• Others live with physical, mental, and emotional scars from protecting the freedom we enjoy.

In honor of them, wave Old Glory high. Give thanks for the land of the free because of the brave.

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV).

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