Be thankful for our freedoms
Thanksgiving has arrived
again and we should take
some time to look at our
values and the many things we
Americans should be thankful
for. We cannot separate peace
from freedom because no one
can have peace without
freedom so lets be thankful
first off this Thanksgiving for
our freedoms.
Sometimes we Americans
take freedom for granted
while many other people in
our world are not free to do as
they wish. When we read our
daily newspapers or listen to
television news we see how
many people in our world
strive to be free. Many men
and women have given their
lives over the years to protect
not only our freedom but the
freedom of other nations as
well. If we ever take our
freedom for granted we could
lose some of them.
We are presently involved
in a war in the Middle East in
an effort to give freedom to
millions of humans in Iraq
and Afghanistan and to
hopefully keep terrorist from
striking our nation again.
Some feel we should pull our
troops from these Countries
but to do so now would be a
big mistake. Many American
lives have been lost in our
efforts to bring freedom to
these Middle East nations and
we should do what is
necessary to win victories in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
The foundation of our
nation was laid by our
forefathers who had a strong
belief in God and were
thankful for His blessings.
Seems that we have allowed
some of these foundations
established by our forefathers
to crumble away by electing
people on the national level
who do not appear to have a
strong faith in God.
Let me list some things
that I am thankful for this
Thanksgiving season and may
I encourage you to make your
own list also.
I am thankful that God
has allowed me to live a long
time without growing old.
I am thankful for a
wonderful wife of 54 years,
for a son and three
granddaughters.
I am thankful to know
that if I want the things in my
life to change for the better I
must also change for the
better.
I am thankful that you
can never have too many
friends and I appreciate all of
them.
I am thankful that you
can inherit many things but
you can never inherit wisdom.
I am thankful to know
that money isnt everything
but if you use what you have
wisely many people can
benefit from it.
I am thankful to know it
is never too late to heal an
injured relationship.
I am thankful to be able
to keep looking ahead. There
are still so many sunsets to
see, friends to visit and things
to be done.
I continue to be thankful
that God put me in the
newspaper business and that
newspapers run properly can
be an asset to the communities
they serve.
Finally, I am thankful
that I still have a lot to learn
and know that.
John F. Kennedy once
made his famous statement,
And so, my fellow
Americans: Ask not what your
country can do for you, ask
what you can do for your
country. My fellow citizens
of the world: Ask not what
American will do for you, but
what together we can do for
the freedom of man.
We have so many things
to be thankful for in this day
in which we live. Always
remember that liberty is the
right to choose and that
freedom is the result of the
right choice. Let us forever be
grateful to God this
Thanksgiving for the many
blessings we have and more so
let us thank Him for our many
freedoms and the wonderful
privilege of living in the
greatest nation in the world.
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