To be truly free, one must accept boundaries

In order to be truly free, one must accept boundaries. That sounds like an oxymoron if there ever was one, doesn’t it? Doesn’t freedom mean that no one can tell us how to act, think, worship, or live? Aren’t we living in the “if it feels good, do it” age and hence, have become more enlightened about freedom than any previous generation?

The simple answer to that is “No.” In the real world of actions and consequences (and not in the esoteric world of philosophical musings and classroom theory), freedom without the limitation of responsibility affects us on so many levels--physically, spiritually, and politically. Freedom without boundaries is anarchy, and anarchy by definition is the absence of the rule of law, where no one but brutes and the mob mentality define justice. The simple fact is, when tyranny acts without justice, there can be no freedom.

True Freedom Is Found Only Within The Constraints Of The Law...

Liberty, as the Founders saw it, was at its core a submission to a higher Divine law that existed and ruled over all mankind. There was no way to get around it, no way to avoid it, and no way to govern without it. In fact, George Washington himself said that a nation which rejects the Divine law of God cannot stand or prosper. A people who forget Him will crumble and fall.

As we look around us today, can we not see the results of that forgetfulness? Can we not see the march to anarchy that we are engaged in? Our people have become divided as we concentrate more and more on personal rights to the point that we will not even consider the rights of others in the equation.

For instance, one person can get school prayer banned, and another can convince a judge that the words “benediction” and “moment of silence” are gruesome attempts to force religion on a people and have no place in the graduation ceremonies of a high school. The increasing “freedom” from worship naturally limits the ability to worship at all, and religious people find themselves marginalized more and more frequently. However, when you limit the government from constraining faith, you then have the maximum freedom to pursue your faith in any legal way you see fit.

The Founders understood this, as did the colonists who settled this country and fought in its Revolutionary War. But like every generation since Adam, it’s easy to forget what compels us and what we must continue to fight for. In ancient days, there would be a standard bearer that went out before the people with a formal, visual symbol of the state, the king, their deity, etc. This symbol insured that the people remembered who they were and what it was they either stood for or fought for.

As a country, we have the American flag. But sometimes we need something even closer to home, something visual to encourage us in the day-to-day battles that we face. That’s why Solutions From Science is so glad to offer their customers this appealing reminder to encourage them in their everyday struggles against an encroaching government, a crumbling society, and curtailments of freedoms that not too long ago were givens in our country.

The Liberty Tree blanket is a compilation of various themes that make our country a whole. At the top are the words “Appeal to God,” a reminder that this appeal is woven into all the founding documents of our country, from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. This appeal to heaven, based on the belief of the colonists that even kings were subject to God’s law, is a reminder that our Founding Fathers trusted in a Divine King and that this faith could not be separated from the concept of liberty.

In fact, the very tenets of our society are founded in this Divine law. We must base our governing system on something greater than ourselves, something that is absolute in nature, so that our laws and freedoms are not arbitrary nor subject to the whims of whomever is in power. On that basis alone, we cannot separate God or His law from secular government.

In the center of the blanket is the Liberty Tree, a symbol of the actual Tree of Liberty that was located in Boston. It became the meeting place for groups such as the Sons of Liberty and the symbol of the struggle for freedom by the colonists. During George Washington’s siege of Boston, British Loyalists cut down this tree in a desperate act of spite and retaliation. However, the colonists were not deterred, and the memory and values that the tree stood for carried them through the Revolutionary War.

On the four corners of the Liberty Tree blanket are symbols for the important institutions of our country: education, church, civil government, and justice. Our Founding Fathers were men of remarkable character and wisdom, but they didn’t get that way by chance. They were the beneficiaries of outstanding schooling, doctrinally sound preaching, solid civil foundations, and law--and all of these were saturated with Christianity. These are areas that have been gradually lost through the course of our country’s history--and if we want to reclaim liberty for our children and grandchildren--we need to take back these cornerstones.

The Liberty Tree blanket is a 48” x 68” one hundred percent cotton Jacquard woven blanket. Not only are these blankets machine washable, they come with care instructions and they’re made in the United States.

The point it is, we need to remember. We need to remember how our liberty was won. We need to remember the virtues of faith, love, and self-discipline. We need to remember the values and morals that made this country great. Allow the Liberty Tree blanket to be your “standard bearer” as you go throughout your day.