Personal Update: M-I-L departure & Memorial Day

"I'm free...I'm free at last!"

Last Thursday my wife's relatives departed for Alaska. We are taking the whole of Memorial Day weekend to recover from everything.

Today on Memorial Day, I should say something about all of the military personal that have sacrificed their lives for our liberty: I thank you and I thank all of those who have died serving when the cause was not always true and just. Despite what politics a person has, it would be good for us to be grateful to God that things haven't been worse for we Americans up to this point. We don't know what the future will hold for us, especially as the increasing number of disasters and bad events should serve to warn us that the judgment of God is coming ever closer. For now, I am grateful that I do not yet have to suffer persecution for my faith like my

• brothers around the world

must face.

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Social Philosophy: International Labor Day

Today is the day that a number of groups on the left have proclaimed to be International Labor Day. I honor this day with the ironic caveat that as I salute all people in the world who have to work for a living, I explicitly reject all Bolshevik ideas of anti-property. I salute workers (everyone from the laborer to the professional) around the world because we want the opportunity to partake of God's provision for our families and any providence He might give to us who work to gain capital for helping the Kingdom, others, and ourselves.

Let me pose a few questions:

If you do not have economic freedom, do you really have freedom?

Have you exploited without fair renumeration anyone who has worked for you?

Have you been exploited without fair renumeration by anyone for whom you have worked?

When Jesus returns will He find just dealing among His people?