JULY 4th, 2012
CRY FREEDOM
150 years ago
In a little town in Texas
At the Alamo
A group of 119 or 120 men
Were WAITING for HELP
A group led by Colonel William
Travis
A group that included famous men
Like Davy Crockett and William Bowie
Men
Fighting for their independence
Men fighting for an ideal
A 100 or so men
Fighting for the beginnings
Of the statehood of Texas
General Sam Houston and his army
Did come---too late
For these men
But NOT too late
For the ideal---the statehood of Texas
2,000 years ago
There was another revolution
going on
A revolution
To return to the Word of God
A revolution started by one man
Jesus Christ
A revolution
To teach us how to live
A revolution
To teach us how to forgive
A revolution
To teach us how to live lives
Of kindness and compassion
This revolution
Faced even longer odds
Than those few men down in Texas faced
One man
Backed by twelve
But in the end
One man standing alone
Unto his dying breath---committed to his ideals
CRY FREEDOM
Sam Houston’s army was too late
For those 120 men
But NOT too late
To finish the job---that those men started
CRY FREEDOM
The 12 did return ( one replaced )
As we assume---so did the 72
And millions and millions of others
Too late
For that one man
But NOT too late
For those ideals to be accomplished
My friends
This world is spiraling downwards
More and more so each day
It is time
For a new army
Committed to Christ’s ideals---to step forward
“You my brothers
Were called to be free
But do not use your freedom
To indulge the sinful nature
Rather serve one another in love
The entire law
Is summed up by a single command
Love your neighbor as yourself”
Galatians 5:13-14
God and love
Versus hatred and resentment
SPIRIT over the flesh
It is time for us to stand up
To stand firm---to stand tall
Let us be slaves to God
Let us be slaves to love
Let us live
For the benefit of each other
And those yet to come
Let us
Teach God’s ways---Not human ways
Let us truly live out
THE GREAT COMMISSION
“ALL authority in heaven
And on earth
Have been given to me
Therefore
Go and make disciples of all nations
Baptizing them
In the NAME of the FATHER
And of the Son
And of the HOLY SPIRIT
And teaching them
To obey everything---I have commanded you
And SURELY I am with you
ALWAYS
TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE”
Matthew 28:19 &20
And maybe ---if we do that
Maybe one day---we can ALL
CRY FREEDOM!
Robert P. Wallman
9-22-11
Ps “If you hold
to my teachings
You are really my disciples
Then you
will KNOW the truth
And the
truth will set you FREE” John
8:31
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