Freedom
January 19, 2017
Today I
wanted to touch on somewhat of a lighter topic than my previous posts. I realize that I can be a very dark and
emotional person (because 99.9% of the time I am), and not everyone likes to
read that stuff, so today I want to talk about the freedom we have.
The inspiration of this post comes
from the fact that I just finished my World History lesson for the day, which
has been growing more and more depressing by the day. Today I read about the Great Terror (for
those who aren’t familiar, the Great Terror took went down in 1937 and 1938 in
Russia under the rule of Joseph Stalin who followed the ideas of Communism and
punished anyone who dared to go against him.
Similar to Adolf Hitler’s persecution of the Jews in Germany). And I
couldn’t help but think about the wonderful freedom we have here in America.
Going back to the Great Terror (I
might ramble about it because I’m a big History person), it’s hard to believe
that millions of innocent people died in what was called the Gulag System, a
prison labor camp where millions were worked to death with little or no food
and water, not to mention the freezing conditions in Siberia where most of
these camps were located. Some of these
people had a right to be there. They
were real criminals who had committed crimes such as murder and deserved to be
there. But most were innocent people
such as farmers who wouldn’t give their crops to the government as Stalin had
demanded. They barely had enough food to
provide for their families and were not about to give it up to the government.
Why am I telling you all this sad
and depressing History? Well, I would
hope that you already were thankful to live in a free country like America, but
if you weren’t, I hope that this information makes you even more grateful. Now obviously America, just like any other
country, has experienced hardships as well, but none nowhere as near as bad as
Russia, Germany, and many others. We have
been given rights here in America, such as the freedom of speech and the
freedom for each person to choose their religion.
Tomorrow (Friday, January 20) is Inauguration
Day, the second reason why I chose to write about this. Donald J. Trump will take the oath of office
and become the next President of the United States. I’m not going to go into politics right now
because I’m so done with talking about it and if you know me, you already know
my opinion (but let me know if you want another post on politics because I’d be
more than happy to write it). Anyway,
back to what I was saying. Some people
are upset about the results of the election, but please remember that we are
still a country. We are still united
under the Constitution and no president can ever change that.
History
shapes us. It makes us who we are
today. We as humans are meant to make
mistakes, and also to learn something from them. I say this all the time, but there IS a
reason for everything. Things don’t just
happen with no explanation. Sometimes it
is meant for us to know the explanation, other times we will never know. All I can say is that the future of this
country is not in the hands of the President.
Our country was founded on the grounds of Christianity. Whether you choose to believe or not is
something only you can decide, but Christians know that God has a plan for this
country, as well as every other country on Earth and no person can ever change
that.
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