{"id":6136,"date":"2023-07-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2023-07-03T08:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:02:18","slug":"happy-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6136","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png?resize=474%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png?w=823&amp;ssl=1 823w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My son Matt with his son, Emerson, took us to the July 1 Rockies baseball game which included a fireworks show after. We didn&#8217;t win the game, but I&#8217;m pretty sure we won the fireworks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4th of July: it&#8217;s a day to celebrate what my friend Mike Metzger calls a long-forgotten world. He writes in part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8230;the Founding Fathers included religion in ordering our new freedom. They sought to establish a republic formed by a golden triangle: Religion is necessary for Virtue which is necessary for Liberty which is necessary for Religion. It\u2019s a never-ending cycle from which we form \u201ca more perfect Union,\u201d as the Preamble of the US Constitution puts it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And if we don\u2019t form it? Legend says a woman asked Benjamin Franklin a question as he exited Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention. \u201cDoctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?\u201d Franklin supposedly replied, \u201cA republic, if you can keep it.\u201d Franklin\u2019s qualifier\u2014if you can keep it\u2014suggests July 4<sup>th<\/sup> is part of a long-forgotten world.<\/em> &#8211; Mike Metzger, July 3, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/claphaminstitute.org\/a-long-forgotten-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike&#8217;s 2-page article in its entirety<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. (Psalm 20.7, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!<\/em> &#8230; <em>For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. (Psalm 21.1, 7, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son Matt with his son, Emerson, took us to the July 1 Rockies baseball game which included a fireworks show after. We didn&#8217;t win the game, but I&#8217;m pretty sure we won the fireworks! 4th of July: it&#8217;s a day to celebrate what my friend Mike Metzger calls a long-forgotten world. He writes in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=6136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy 4th of July!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1AY","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}