When the American Dream Crumbles Jeremiah 2:13
Christopher Gadsden
was a patriot that put his life on the line for this nation. Like so many
patriots before him he personally paid for the success for the war efforts in
1776. He funded bridges for the successful evasion of the British forces. He
provided verbiage to Sam Adams that was essential in the drafting of the
Declaration of Independence. He also commissioned the development of a famous
flag “Don’t Tread on Me”.
He was put to the test through imprisonment in
the dungeon of the exchange house in Charleston. Ultimately he was considered
too great a liability to keep in the dungeon because of the towns people so he
was sent to the Castillo de San Marcos prison in St. Augustine. He truly
meant it when he said, “What I can do for my country, I am willing
to do.”
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736
– June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter and politician who became
known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the
1770s. (1st & 6th Governor of Virginia) If this be
treason, make the most of it!
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be
purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know
not what course others my take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me
death!
We
are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has
placed in our power…the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the
vigilant, the active, the brave.
Jeremiah burst on the scene in 626 bc preaching
to the nation of Judah warning of the impending Judgment and less than 50 years
with no converts, jail time, death warrants, and threats – he saw the hand of
God fall in a devastation on Judah! When Dreams Crumble!
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, [And] hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that can hold no water.
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