Posted by
Mike on Friday, September 28, 2007 1:23:59 PM
Lately I have been tuning in Czech radio because my forefathers came from Bohemia which is now within the Czech Republic, and other places in Europe. They all brought with them a particular faith in God, all shaped in some way by the unique histories of the various localities.
Today our Church celebrates on the calendar a Czech saint Wenceslaus, and also several Christian saints who died for their faith in the Far East. I was listening to the story of families and individuals coming to Czechoslovakia because they were facing persecution in Germany before WWII, in much the same way as our American colonists came to our shores long ago. Many of the refugees had to travel to Prague where their children were in many cases saved from Nazi tyranny being taken to England before the occupation began.
Our guarantee of freedom of religious expression allows for the growth of many seeds of faith throughout the generations, whether part of a particular confession or faith community, or as an individual adherence to God's will and reliance on this one infinite source of power. It should be obvious by now that man's self-centeredness and sole reliance on his own natural abilities has led to untold destruction.