For me, Independence Day is not a celebration of our government or even of the United States of America. It is a holiday to embrace every human freedom, and to commemorate a group of great men and women who recognized that God is the giver of all freedoms. He, not government, makes us free. When our nation was established, and for the first time in human history, these Founders courageously crafted a government to preserve these freedoms. They instituted checks and balances on the reach of government power. They intended a nation of freeholders, a nation where people can enjoy these freedoms and achieve their highest hopes and aspirations. They weren't perfect - no men are; but they did something which had never been done before.
The governments of men, by and large, are the enemies of human freedom. The constant war, the declining influence of the United States, the confusion of the regular citizen, the immorality of many leaders, and the shredding of Constitutional principles are all evidence of the general rapacious and self-interested nature of those who seek to govern.
The United States of America is in a perilous place, and its future is dark and uncertain, but I am seeing many concerned and liberty-loving people who are actively working and seeking to set us again on the right path. It is my fervent hope and prayer, that the best days for human freedom are still to come.
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