“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” ~ 2 Corinthians 3:17
Let us act in the liberty we have — from God, and in this nation — to share the Good News of the liberty of the Gospel while we can! We do not know when someone will breathe their last, and meet with God’s justice. But we can be “doers of the work” through sharing “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” ~ James 1:25 “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” ~ James 2:12
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;” ~ Isaiah 61:1-2
As we faithfully preach the good tidings and proclaim liberty to those held captive by sin, they will have the opportunity to step out of their prison and become God’s child! “Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” ~ Romans 8:21
Quote taken from America’s God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations by William J. Federer page 323
We verified our grocery receipt with the contents of our shopping cart as usual. David noticed that there was a mistake, so I went back in to get it corrected.
On my way inside, I was disappointed that I had just left my tracts in the car. Ahead of me, a mother and daughter were checking out.
Then I realized that I had plenty of other options in my purse—including Spanish.
“¿Se habla Español?”
How perfect! They do speak Spanish and I had the exact tracts to give them.
On the way home, David said he wanted to give them a tract but never really got to. God made sure that they got His Good News in a meaningful way, in their own heart language!
~Mary
I wanted to make sure that I had tracts with me when we returned the carts after putting our groceries into the van.
The thought came that I should only take 1 tract, knowing that I may not have even 1 person to hand it to. But I took 2.
A woman and her boy were heading into the store, so we gave her our cart… while I handed her son a patriotic million for him and another for his mother.
The mom was very pleasant and liked them. Praise the Lord I took 2!
~Mary