As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. It is not a celebration nor a remembrance that is static however.
Freedom never is.
And throughout this country's brief and young history by the rest of this world's standards, freedom is always to be remembered and renewed, revisioned, reclaimed and protected with vigiliance. So as we celebrate this 4th of July, let us honor those who have gone before us to claim and maintain our freedoms, who remain vigilant, and for those who revision and reclaim freedom for those of us who are to be included in new ways in the vision, true to the vision. And let us remember our freedom in our Sovereign, regardless of what humanity's structures and obstructions may dictate. Blessings, Rev. Carol Peterson Christ Covenant Metropolitan Community Church , Hampton Roads, Virginia.