July 4th. Independence Day.

This day means more than picnics and parades. It’s about our freedom. Freedom to choose … freedom to worship as we want … freedom to direct our own path in life.

John Adams, one of our founding fathers, wrote of this day to his wife, Abigail:

“This day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.

It aught to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.

It aught to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

While we enjoy our time with family and loved ones, we must never forget the cost that was paid for our independence. Let’s not take it for granted.

Thank you, Father, for this country’s independence day. May you always be glorified. ��

Thank you, Father, for this country’s independence day. May you always be glorified. ��

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The Ladies��� latest adventure, Ladies on a Mission, takes them to Kentucky and a world unknown to Lily-Rose and Fiona. New and not-so-new faces participate in this newest who-done-it.

Years have passed and it���s 1984. Sugar Bowersox and her family recently moved to Trotter, Kentucky, where Dungar could take the head coach of the brand new Trotter College. They were both thrilled too come back. Sugar thought once they returned to their childhood hometown, life would be smooth sailing. But those thoughts ended when a star football player is found in the weight room ��� stabbed and holding onto life. Dungar���s a mess. Their daughters are struggling as they try to find their way in their new lives. And Gran is feistier than ever. When Sugar calls Lily-Rose and shares the upheavals to their lives, she ached for her friendship with Lily-Rose and Fiona. ���Lily-Rose, I don���t know where to start. But I need you and Weeds. I sure could use a fire.���

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