About a month ago I asked someone in
particular if they could write a letter to my sister. My sister is
still currently in Navy boot camp, and if you don’t know much about
the military these people live to see letters. The person I asked
responded and said, “Possibly...I don’t really know her...” To
be honest, that made me furious. I mean to me it doesn’t matter if
you know the person, but even a few words of encouragement would have
been better than nothing. My sister even stated in one letter that
there were four or five other females that WANTED to receive a
letter, because they had not gotten anything yet! But this person is
not the only one out of many that cannot take a few minutes out of
their day to encourage someone who is fighting for their freedom...
I believe many Americans take their
freedom from granted. No, I KNOW many Americans take their freedom
for granted. We are so caught up in our everyday lives that we don’t
acknowledge the men and women that sacrifice their lives so we can
just live. Why is that? Why do we worship celebrities like Miley
Cyrus, yet never hear a word about a soldier in the news? Miley sure
does become famous fast when she is nude, but what about those
soldiers that die daily? You never hear a word...because we as
Americans have everything backwards. Many look upon Miley as their
hero, but I do not define her as a hero. No, way! I believe the men
and women that wear combat boots to work everyday are the people we
should be looking up at. Not some twenty year old slut that is
looking for attention in all the wrong ways. And you wonder why sex
trafficking is so atrocious these days. It is people like Miley who
advertise their bodies as objects that cause the man’s mind to be
all screwed up. Heck, in boot camp for the military if you hug the
opposite sex they will keep you for two to three extra weeks and make
you take sexual assault classes, because they don’t play around
with that crap.
Now for me to get off my rant about
what has been on my mind and tell you guys what God has been
revealing to me. It is related to freedom, that is why I brought that
topic up. I believe God gave each and everyone of us freewill. We can
do and choice what we want to do with our lives because we are not
just robots. I believe we tend to take our freewill for granted. Even
Christians, I believe, push the boundaries of what the Bible says is
right and what we tell our selves is right. We like to be conformed
to this world, rather than be what God says we should be. Romans
6:1-2, “What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that
grace may increase? By NO means...” God clearly states that we
should not take His grace for granted. That freewill comes with a
price, called consequences. Consequences can either come with
blessings or hurt, but no matter what God will forgive you. You just
have to truly repent of your sins that you committed. I know, it is
not always easy, but I do know it is always worth it.
For a while I had a grudge against the
person who informed me that they were not going to write a letter to my sister.
The fact is though, that person had already moved on with life and
yet I was still stuck in the midst of what they had said. I was to
the point where I felt as though my lack of faith was setting me back. So eventually I had to forgive
myself for holding that grudge, but I also accept the apology that I
was never going to receive from that person. We have to move on with
life because it is not worth any ones time to dwell in the past.
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