Green card revolution

While at work today, a store manager from another town called to wish our store a happy 4th.  The funny thing about this fellow, is that he is from England--which shows through his heavy British accent.  He proceeded to tell me about a conversation he and his employees had today.

Precursor to this entire thing; I'm not saying anything we talked about was actually legitimate or is what I believe or what is right.  I'm just saying--this is an interesting point.

This man was telling me he asked his employees why the American Revolution started.  They spouted off the typical "taxation without representation" line.  The store manager calmly replied with something like, "so, does this mean that people working in the United States with green cards should revolt and start a new revolution?"

I never thought about it before.  People working and living in this country under a green card pay taxes just like the rest of us, yet they get no voice in who leads this country because they cannot vote.

That brought me to a very patriotic feeling.  Suddenly, I felt as though I wanted to be one of those door-to-door remind you to vote salesmen.  Today of all days, we should all feel something like that.

This country we live in, while it may have some problems--monetarily, morally, whatever--is an extreme blessing that we almost always take for granted.

An easy lesson for the church to teach is that we are a free country because people before us fought and died in order to create freedom; just as Jesus died before us to make us free from our sin.  I've heard that one before.  But seriously, how true is that?  It's unbelievably cheesy and the most cliché "first-grade-Sunday-school lesson" ever, but literally, let that sink into you for a minute.  Jesus fought Satan, fought the weight of all of our sin (even those not even committed yet), and won our freedom.

The men that fought for the original 13 colonies fought so their children, and children's children, and many generations beyond that could experience freedom from the tyranny of their day.

So, readers, whoever you are, take a moment out of your work, grilling, fireworks, and family time, to thank God for giving us this country, and for giving us His Son.  And while you're at it, remind yourself to do it again the next day.  And then, the day after that, do it again.

Repeat.