Can we really know...

In America, we enjoy freedom that many people throughout the world don't have the opportunity to experience. We can drive across state lines or fly coast-to-coast without the restriction of checking with some government agency first. We have the ability to buy what we want, wear what we want and live where we want.

Yet, as great as the freedom in America is, there is an even greater freedom that every citizen of the world has the opportunity to know. It is the freedom that comes through a relationship with Christ.

Before knowing Jesus Christ, we're each restricted in life, bound by sin. Even if we don't realize it, our sin holds us back from experiencing all that God has in store for us. After beginning a relationship with Christ, though, that restriction is released, the binding is broken. And we can walk through each day and into forever, eternally free.

So as you celebrate the freedom you've been given by the sacrifice of thousands of Americans in the past, remember the ultimate sacrifice paid for you—the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. Acknowledge his sacrifice, accept the fact that he is God's son, and begin to walk alongside him. Then you will begin to understand true freedom.

"Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life." Revelation 22:17