Birth of a Nation of Freedom

Normaly I try to avoid the more cynical America is Dead trains of thoughts and postings. Actually I avoid most things political. Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore both annoy me to equal extents. We are talking about human beings and government. Is it possible to rationally work what we have instead of deifying or vilifying (not sure that's a word) the current powers? How many of us have actually tried communicating with our representatives in government? I haven't.

Anyway, this picture came to me via an article about Noam Chomskey. Nothing political, and perhaps because of that, what I was seeing struck home. The Land of the Free has become the land of locked doors and security gates. It is times like this that truly make me appreciate the entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus said he was "the way" not "the door." A "way" is a path, a road. You are as free to climb upon it as to leave it. There are no barriers, the only requirement is that if you wish to remain on the way, you must follow its direction becuase the road doesn't change course to match yours.

The only door is yourself. Jesus is the way, but He says "Behold, I stand at the door and knock..." Rev 3:20 and all that. The door is yours to open or lock at your will. Your choice. Do you put out Welcome Mats or No Soliciting signs? Or, as in this picture, how many of us sport Freedom bound with a complex conflicting mixture or Bondage to Fear? I do.