The weight of our past drags on our present like a burdensome yoke, and haunts our future with the insecurities that are the ghosts of our resentments. On this Independence Day may we find the Grace of God to declare independence from our past, and to live between the forgiveness with which He has addressed our history and the providence He has for our future, living fully connected in our momentary present to Him in His eternity. In the name of Jesus Christ, who paid to make this possible, Amen!
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