By Grace Silvey
Freedom - the very thing we would not have today if it were not for the brave troops of the United States of America. If you have enjoyed the freedom of speech today, the freedom of religion, or any other right, take a moment to stop and remember how great a sacrifice it took to establish those liberties. All soldiers should have our deepest respect, but the ones who lost their lives in protecting our country deserve greater honor. They gave everything they had - for that I will forever be grateful. I also want to pay tribute to the police officers who have lost their lives while seeking to stop evil and preserve right. We owe much to them for making this a safe nation to live in.
Ronald Reagan once said this: “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” If I could use four words to describe present day America, they would be: a nation gone under. We have rejected God, the Bible, and even the Constitution we were founded on. Elected officials, who are supposed to be by and for the people, are now by and for the money. We daily murder babies in the womb; we let crimes go unpunished. Our borders are wide open, our debt is outrageous…truly the condition of America is sad and critical. Citizens of America! Will you stand by and watch evil overrun our nation without lifting one finger to help? Do you so easily despise the blood and sweat and toil it took to make this nation free? Will you not rise up to stand for God and right, to defend the helpless and establish justice in America? My prayer is that America could once again be one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all!
Throughout the years our soldiers have bravely fought to preserve freedom and right, so today I want to be grateful to all of those men who laid down their lives while doing so. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” -Winston Churchill
Throughout the years our soldiers have bravely fought to preserve freedom and right, so today I want to be grateful to all of those men who laid down their lives while doing so. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” -Winston Churchill
"Oh beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! America, America, God shed His grace on thee; and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea."
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." -John 15:13
