America the Beautiful san by Judith Roberts at Second Baptist North in Kingwood, TX

America the Beautiful & July 5th: When Declaration Turned to Action

by Carla Alvarez | Jul 5, 2013 | Praise God | 0 comments

Since this is the 4th of July weekend, the praise today is “America the Beautiful” sung by Judith Roberts and the choir at Second Baptist North.

We all know that July 4th, 1776, was the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed. But what about the 5th?^[1] ^[2]

The fifth of July was the day that the declaration was disseminated and published, posted and sent to the troops. It was the day that action was started to carry out that declaration.

Sometimes we have a big moment, a great revelation, or we declare a resolution. Those hilltop experiences are awesome, but they are completely meaningless if we don’t follow through with the action and walk it out.

If the Son shall make you free, you shall be Free Indeed. John 8:36

So this song is a thank you to those early Americans who put their lives and resources on the line to carry out that commitment.

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Endnotes

^[1] “Creating the Declaration: A Timeline.” National Archives. Accessed 5 July 2013 http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_timeline.html

^[2] “Committee of Five.” Wikipedia. Accessed 5 July 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Five

Carla Alvarez

Carla Alvarez is the founder of Raised to Walk and a founding board member of An Unexpected Journal, a Communications Director at Legacy Marketing Services where she uses her BS in Marketing to create communication strategies for business, and an unlikely case manager and Bible Study teacher for the Afghan Christians of Kabul Hope Latest Series: Hacked: the Saga How an oily politician and a band of intellectual property and identity thieves conspired to erase a third-grade Sunday school teacher, Read more of her work on Google Scholar and Substack or contact her to write for you.

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