Our generation has been somewhat spoilt on freedom. We live in a society, which for now, limits only a few things from it’s citizens. When they wake up in the morning, nothing in their mind leads them to think about their freedoms…for they have been here for so long, that they feel they can’t be taken away.

At our local elections a few months ago, only 20 % of the people even bothered to show up! Most are comfortable in their liberties, not thinking a second thought that the wrong choices could take them away.  Mom and I listened to an Iwo Jima survivor give a talk, and he recalled that recently, when he and his wife rode in a parade proudly carrying the flag, only two or three people lifted their hands in a salute, or held a hand across their heart.

We live in a society that no longer remembers the cost of what is free, to them, now. Men still die protecting our rights, which, in turn, are taken away by the present government officials. Young children continue to grow in a culture that has forgotten its past. Where there is no vision, the people perish.  Where they forget their past, their future is vulnerable.

Patriotism isn’t dead, but many people are forgetting to take it along when they leave their homes during the day. Our conflicted generation has little respect for the honorable things in life. Sadly, our country’s great freedoms and liberties are one of them.

I pray that though our country is falling, the Christians, who have the only hope of a great kingdom, will stay strong, not forgetting God’s promises.