Five of the signers were eventually captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army, another two had their sons captured. Ane nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the War for Independence. They had signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Freedom is always costly.
Consider the cost of the spiritual freedom you and I enjoy. That's a pretty heavy word, forsaken. It's hard to even imagine such isolation. When life gets hard for me, as it did a couple of weeks ago with Lauren's situation, I take great comfort in knowing that I have God to lean on. But imagine the pain you would feel if at the time you most needed the strength and comfort of God, you felt God had cut you off.