Hello, and thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post is The Independence Day that almost never was.

Today's post is about God's intervention to save our Republic through Roger Sherman and Benjamin Franklin.

I'm going to venture a guess that most of you know little, if anything, about founding father, Roger Sherman. His contribution to America's beginning was extremely important.

Sherman was distinguished as the only founding father to sign all four of America's major founding documents.

The Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of, Excuse me, the Articles of Association,

then the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States.

Can you imagine the honor?

Sherman was a shoe cobbler, surveyor, and merchant prior to his political career.

He was a self-taught lawyer, a state senator, a superior court judge, and a judge in Connecticut for 14 years.

Later, he was a member of the Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence.

He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention, where he made 138 speeches.

He then became a U.S. representative at the age of 70 and was elected U.S. senator shortly thereafter.

Many Americans, like me, for my first 45 years of life, do not know much

about the Constitutional Convention and our other founding events and documents. Here is a brief overview of significant events leading up to and including the convention.

So you will know what the constitutional convention was.

In 1776, that which we're celebrating this week, the 13 American colonies declared their

independence for Britain.

The Revolutionary War took place from 1776 to 1783.

During this time, the 13 United States functioned under the Articles of Confederation.

Constitution had not yet been written.

So clear up to the 80s, mid-80s, late 80s.

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