But you have to continue to remain strong and to fight for it!
Probably nobody will read this on my personal Facebook timeline (well, a few have so far) and some are taking my view as a personal attack on theirs, even though they are conservatives. But these are my thoughts of this Memorial Day of 2015 that are tugging my heart strings so much!
"If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14.
God, Family, and Country..... in that order! But, oh, I am praying so hard for our country today, Memorial Day, especially that all of our soldiers' sacrifices have not been in vain. I pray for families that so many are falling apart because they have not been instructed on right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, that many have only one parent who is busy taking care of their family and working to pay the bills.
God, first, family second, and country third. But this day finds me praying hardest for the future of our country, even though at this moment we are still free, but I see a battle coming that none of us are prepared for.... right here on our soil. You don't see any tyranny, any persecution? Well, maybe you can't "see" the tyranny and persecution, but by reading a lot, I realize there is a lot of tyranny and persecution in the beginning stages, that our freedoms are now being chiseled away one at a time in such a short time. For instance, we are supposed to be tolerant of the Muslims, yet they are given a pass on being tolerant of our individual faiths, that we must now have lunches that include no pork, for example, that it be designed around their Sharia law. In fact, they want their laws to supercede our own laws of the land. You have no problem with homosexuals? Well, they do and if you think homosexuals are treated unfairly now, wait until Sharia law begins to take precedence over our laws! Thankfully they aren't winning in our courts....so far, but if you've ever read how they work in governments, then take them over completely. They do it instance by instance, incident by incident, making headway, slowly but steadily, to achieve their caliphate! Europe is seeing this now, but perhaps your news program you watch doesn't show this...if you even watch the news? Some are more impatient with jihad and are bombing and beheading people in other countries and I believe, praying I"m wrong, that they are planning the same for this country! We are the Evil country to them and must be eliminated...that is, the radical extremist Muslims believe that. The moderates are so silent, I"m not sure just where they stand, if they fear us or if they fear the extremists who are known to kill their own if they don't step up and do as they do....bombing cities, homes, and beheading people, for example.
But you know what? We each have the free will designed in us by Almighty God to change the course of history on which this president is taking this country without even little force, and if we don't become loud and persistent about it to our Congress and others letting them know we believe this president is unfit to lead, we may find soon we cannot reverse the direction for hundreds of years. We have the will to change the course he is leading us on, but not if we feel we cannot change things, not if we don't try, with persistence. I think of our many forefathers who fought in battles for this country to PRESERVE its freedom as well as current military and veterans, and it saddens me that we don't even try. God is in control, but He also listens to our prayers and gives us the individual free will to change the course. But how can he answer our prayers if we do nothing to stop this madness, if we do not show the willingness to do what it takes to preserve our freedom, that we can continue to worship in freedom as we so wish, that we can continue to express our opinion as I have without fear of repercussion by the government, that we can work hard and enjoy our fruits of our work, sharing with others as we decide as individuals, not forced by government to share with causes that are totally against what we believe!
What a waste if we are just going to sit back and let this country (pardon my French) go to Hell via these extremists or our own radical, far-left president. While watching the president lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier just now, it perturbs me so much that someone who appears to hate and dishonor the military, and the countr as much as he seems to, and, for that matter,he is even walking on the grounds at Arlington! It's a wonder that the ground didn't shake from many soldiers turning over in their graves I know no president has been perfect, but this man, like no president before,is bowing down to our enemies and in return has belittled us, the American people, in such a way in his lectures that one cannot help but wonder on whose side is he really. He has done the very opposite of what other presidents have done in foreign affairs, but also here at home. I am thinking how he bowed down to the various leaders in the Middle East, alarmingly Iran, and yet was so arrogant and rude to our allies, like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has stepped in on various situations in this country before all of the facts were known, siding with his own choice, again not based on the facts. Remember the Beer Summit for example, but there are others as well that he spoke out on behalf of the black race BEFORE all the facts were known.
I ask myself "just because he is a president, what gives him the power to declare innocence of someone before evidence is even all gathered, let alone the investigation is completed and the trial has begun?" That is not the law, even for the president! He is not above the laws of the land, and he even seems to believe he can go above the Constitution and the balance of powers between the 3 branches Executive, Legislative (Congress) and Judicial (the Supreme Court)! What prior president has ever done any of this?
I pray daily for God to forgive my wrongs, but especially that He help me to find the way to forgive this man, the president, who appears to be tearing apart our country from the "inside out, top down, bottom up" just like his former Green Czar, Van Jones, an admitted communist and friend of Obama's described they had to do to the country. He seems to want divide more than unity, be it black vs. white, police vs. rioters, rich vs. poor, etc.
I think this may be one of the times in our history that we cannot let a man continue to be in this role of president any longer due to his rogue desire to "change" and "fundamental transformation" of our government of a Republic, governed by the people to one of a dictatorship, flavored highly with at minimum a socialist government, but I suspect Marxism...yes, to the degree of what Hitler planned!
Please consider all that has been done for you by our soldiers, current and past, living and dead, and especially by those who gave all, whether you think the war was necessary or not. Think of their honor and valor and especially all the sacrifices they've made for us and for future generations. Are we going to let our freedom stop by not doing something about it? Many probably don't now that during Hitlers rise to dictator in Germany, Sir Winston Churchill later felt like a failure because he had tried over and over and over again for 7-8 years to tell the leader of Great Britain and many other world leaders what Hitler was planning, that his desire was to obtain leadership into Europe and beyond, not just Germany, and how this man Hitler was very dangerous to the freedom of so many, not just the Germans. Imagine someone of his stature and how depressing that would have been, seeing where the world was headed if they didn't stop Hitler. And WWII was not an easy war at all, especially since Japan also desired the same as Hitler, most likely because they waited too long to realize what Hitler was doing!
I do write, email and phone my members of Congress, U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, and Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown. I always receive answers back from Jordan, but not always from Portman and Brown. Portman or probably someone on his staff has set me so I cannot comment on his Facebook page, although I can read them. It seems I was "too vocal" about voicing my opinion about some of his votes in the Senate! Even though it's my right to let him know, perhaps he doesn't want others to know the truth about his voting record? I have complained via email, but nothing has changed there. Perhaps I need to make a phone call and write a letter, too! Brown is your typical far left ideologue who says he is for the people, but he ultimately votes for the most liberal ideology there is, having earned the most far left Senator just last year or the year before. He lets me post on Facebook which obviously I am subject to ridicule by his "followers" on the left, but that's okay! As things get worse, I think some of those liberals who aren't so far left will perhaps someday realize that the facts were more important that I post on his Facebook timeline than they realized!! I know a few liberals who are totally against the far left agenda and have changed their tune, so we can't quit trying! But for those who don't know, that means Sen. Sherrod Brown is for all the changes that Obama is for...to change our government to one of socialism, most likely communism! Obama and Brown both complain about the 1% but have they ever refuse the 1%'s money for their election and re-election campaigns or vote in ways that benefit them? And do they listen to them? Oh, yes, you bet they do, but then turn around and say the Republicans listen to the 1%! What deception they do "under the radar" that so many do not realize it! And if they hear about it, they refuse to believe it anyway.
I also try to know the subjects of everything that will be on the ballot each election, occasionally looking back realizing I had voted wrong, like on a fairly recent local decision on the ballot. "Why did I change my mind and vote yes?", I ask myself repeatedly!!! I admit I'm not perfect, but I do try to research on all candidates and right now I have about 3 candidates for president that I am trying to narrow it down, but will narrow it down between now and Tues., May 8, 2016 (tentative date for Ohio primary. I feel in 1 year I should be able to make up my mind.....without any help from CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, and even Fox News. I will make an independent decision based on my own desires for the type of man I want to lead our country out of the pits of Hell that we have been drawn into by the current leader! And I do mean that literally, because if we don't choose a man who puts Almighty God first, and the people next, completely above himself, and his/her lust and greed for power and money, God blessed this country so much. We must do it it....for Him! He does tell us to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, but we have the free will to "change" our country back....but He won't do it if we don't ourselves try to maintain our freedom together, not rely on just a few, or throw our hands up and say it's useless!
Now one more thing before I close on this very lengthy post. Only a few of us cannot do this ourselves, seeing there just aren't enough people trying to make a difference right now. The fact is we're going to lose what God so richly blessed us with. Our founding fathers sacrificed so much, their money, their jobs, and some their lives, to create this government, but they didn't do it alone. They sought Divine Guidance to achieve what they knew was a better government than that of other countries. Please, just start watching and reading about what is going on, doing your own research, and not only believe in the power of prayer, but also believe we have the same ability as those who worked so hard to form and also so keep this nation from a dictatorship for over 200 years. Please, oh, please don't let all those who fought for freedom of this country be in vain, that their blood, sweat and tears were shed for naught. Don't let this country's history be short lived!
So many sacrificed so much for us, some having sacrificed all, so we cannot just let it slip away by not doing something, anything to retain our freedom. Think of them when you think you'll call or write a politician in office, but then feel it won't make a difference! IT WILL, but only if there are enough people, citizens of this great nation, who take part! And believe me, our freedom has been slipping away faster than you realize. I just pray that, like during Churchill's warnings to so many, we still have time to turn this downward spiral back to what we have, to make it even better than what we had. Nothing is perfect on this earth, so there is always room for improvement, but remember that the direction Obama is leading us is totally opposite of what our founding fathers and forefathers who fought in battle were fighting for ....for us! Please, don't let their sacrifices be in vain!
I did not reread this because I knew I'd chicken out to put it on Facebook, knowing some believe I am too extreme on my concern for our country, but the concern is warranted! My heart grieves so much for this country, that it is going downhill, fast, that those younger than me are not going to live a full life in freedom as I have, full of choices and the right to speak up as I am right now. Too many think we cannot do a thing to stop it! But thankfully God gave us free will and we can change it back and improve it....but not if we do nothing!!!! We need the silent majority to speak up.....or eventually be forced to be silent...in fear...forever! Do I sound drastic? That's because the situation in our country is very drastic and extreme. Right now it has risen to that level! Do you not see it? Do you not feel it? Please look and see, listen, and you will hear and see it as are so many of us, but just not enough of us to make the difference!
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14
No comments:
Post a Comment