Today is suppose to be a national holiday in the United States, a time of reflection, thanksgiving and celebration. However, as brave young men and women serve this country on foreign soil, the freedom they are fighting for is being muzzled. As the summer heat begins to rise, certain states restrict the size of your beverage. Meanwhile, activists, politicians and power hungry officials are trying to tell you what to eat, taxing and punishing the owners of popular restaurants. If this trend continues, you’ll start being fined or arrested for freedom of speech. Oh, that’s right; its already happening.
Like a high school administration that has lost control of their students, the innocent are being punished for the foolish sins of others. Whether you drive a car, own a house or want to start your own business, ridiculous regulations and restrictions are taking the fun out of life. Unfortunately, we live in a culture that is now treating citizens like little children who can’t stay out of trouble. Perhaps this fall’s election will lift the malaise from the hearts, souls and minds of beaten down individuals. If something doesn’t happen soon, the blood, sweat and tears of veterans will be forgotten.
On this Memorial Day, 2014, remember the words of John F. Kennedy, “don’t ask this country what it will do for you; rather, ask yourself what can I do for this country?” When families, neighbors and young people begin to become doers of the word, Matthew 7:24, the chains of oppression will be unlocked. Despite our best efforts, their is only One who is in control. May the God of the dead transform the heart of the living so that freedom is no longer muzzled.
Please share your favorite war movie which inspires you to be proud of red, white and blue.
by Jay Mankus
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