If you don’t celebrate the 4th of July (as in, you’re in a different country, etc) this can still apply on your particular “independence day”.

Here are some 4th of July ideas:
1. Set-up a lemonade stand and get to know your neighbors. Give away free cookies with a ‘purchase’
2. Do a house project you’ve been meaning to do
3. Start exercising (maybe wait till tomorrow, after the the burgers and potato-salad.)
4. Read the History of the 4th of July together.
5. Recite the Meditation for World Peace.
6. Pray a Fourth of July Prayer in Congress from 1943:

“Save us from a freedom of speech so empty that we have nothing worth saying, from a freedom of worship so futile that we have no God to adore, from freedom from want and fear with no creative idea as to how to use our plenty or our security for the redemption of our social order and for the salvation of our own souls.”

Being from Nicaragua and now living in the United States, inspite of so much good and bad history between our two countries, I am thankful to live here, to live out the American Dream which is the dream of every human being – to have a place to live, a family, a job I am passionate about, and to follow Jesus Christ and worship Him openly for the world to hear.

Have a Happy 4th of July.