Bible Verse/Version
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” - John 8:36
Thoughts:
In Michigan where I live, there are two seasons where hunters have to put in for tags to be drawn. There are about 12,000 black bear estimated to live here - 10,000 of them being in the Upper Peninsula, and when the drawings are done, about 7,000 hunting tags will be issued out of about 28,000 people who live have applied. For elk season, about 260 elk tags will be issued to hunt the mere 1,000 elk in the northern lower peninsula. Hunters apply for these tags over and over again, but some people will never experience the thrill of either of these hunts. Many will wait their whole lives and never experience the opportunity to hunt these animals.
As we celebrate this Juneteenth holiday today - a holiday celebrating the day slavery finally ended for African-Americans once and for all in the United States, we should keep in mind that the freedom the slaves were going to be experiencing had been yearned for over the course of generations. Many were born into slavery and never ever experienced that liberation - their lives consisted of only the ‘waiting’. But for those who did see that day, what a day it was!
Action Point:
As Believers in Christ, we should most certainly be able to relate to this. The Jews in the Old Testament waited generations for the Messiah to come, and he did. What a time it would have been to be alive to see the freedom that Christ brought to them. Today, as we celebrate the liberation of our African-American brothers from slavery, let us also remember the freedom that we all share through Christ Jesus!
Sportsman’s Tip of the Day:
If you live in a state where there is a draw to hunt, make sure to mark the deadlines on your calendar for the application deadline. Many people don’t get the opportunity to hunt, because they forget to apply on time. And if your state has a draw, many times, priority is given to people who have not received tags in years past, but if you forget to put in for a tag one year, you go back to square one and lose the priority you had earned in some states.
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