“Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above, don’t fence me in.”
Those words may have been written about a Heeler, or by a Heeler.
After all, we were made to take to the outback, cover a lot of miles, and love every minute of it.
Oh, I love my couch and toys, a warm dinner on a winter night, and my cooling creek when the sun gets hot. A smart canine surely appreciates some benefits of civilization,
but we all need freedom.
I was never meant for leash or fence.
There is that wide-open big-world anticipation on an early autumn morning, so full of possibilities.
Right now I feel it in the early still-dark morning – kinda chilly, full of crisp night smells, but promising sunshine and harvest, no deep dark winter yet. Maybe a good long Indian summer.
And this old cowdog is free to savor it all. I may find good shade in the orchard, or trot down to the creek.
Sometimes I yip, yap and barky- bark, because I have the freedom to loudly express my opinions! Sometimes it is a quieter conversation, communicated with intense stares and near-silent whines.
Don’t fence me in is a Heeler’s theme song.
So why do people struggle with accepting God-given freedom, even fight it for self and others?
Don’t settle for some distant bureaucrat deciding your freedom by metering out some small crumbs via endless laws.
Free healthcare, free food, free rent, free education – is not free. And always someone in power decides what it means.
Freedom is not free either; it has always been fought for and defended by passionate souls.
Every heart knows and understands how precious it is. Of all the places on earth, this United States counts it priceless.
Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the biggest assault of freedom here in America.
People of strong character and high moral integrity have understood, defended and fought for it; we are all called to remember, teach history and never let evil destroy it.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:25
