It Is As We Will (standard:Editorials, 1687 words)
Author: J. P. St. Julian	Added: Apr 23 2016	Views/Reads: 2297/1498	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
American society is abuzz with the political ramifications of the upcoming presidential elections, and who should be chosen as president of the United States and leader of the free world. Also there is much complaining among the citizenry about the state

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and grow good food crops, or it can be used to make deadly explosives 
to destroy living things and property . . . it can all come from the 
same chemical. It is as we will. 

A well known journalist of the 20th century, Fulton Oursler, once said,
“It is not easy to be a good citizen in a free country.” But then, we 
should all know that, shouldn't we? Nothing worthwhile is ever really 
easy. 

We find that we are losing our freedoms little by little. It came to
light by accident that the government is secretly invading our privacy. 
What other freedoms are they usurping without our knowledge? 

A long, long time ago, one of the presidents of France is known to have
said, “Freedom is like bread . . . it is something you go on earning, 
day by day.” But in order to earn freedom or bread, one must exercise a 
great degree of self discipline, and that discipline must be 
self-imposed. It seems to me that instead of disciplining ourselves to 
do that, we have instead learned to obey orders, passively learn 
doctrines, and to conform without protest to the outsides dictates of 
our government rather than accept the responsibility for self-imposed 
discipline. Some see this as servitude which they are opposed to, so 
they desert by not voting or using civil disobedience as a means of 
protest. But is it true that servitude or desertion constitutes an 
abdication of the intellect and of the will? 

We have lots of industrious but disloyal citizens in our midst. The
corporate propensity for outsourcing all our jobs to China, Malaysia, 
Mexico and other countries is one example of this. In many ways such 
people are dangerous to our way of life, but they are only dangerous 
because of the many thousands of other loyal but lazy citizens. The 
good citizens in this country have the bad citizens outnumbered . . . 
but the bad ones are busier and so much more ambitious and industrious. 
So, I dare to suggest here, that if the United States ever is 
destroyed, the cause will be similar to that of ancient Rome; it will 
not be due to someone else's bombs, but because of our own apathetic 
indifference. 

Everyone here feels entitled. Everyone here is always quick to remind
you that they have rights. No one here ever steps up and takes 
responsibility for the rights the love so dearly. They simply assume 
the position that no one can tread on their God given, constitutionally 
amended rights. They never consider all the men and women who have died 
in military service protecting those rights for them. They never 
consider that they even need to do anything to earn those rights, but 
they are assured, beyond a doubt, that they have those rights; never 
realizing that “freedom isn't free.” 

In spite of the apathetic nature of most citizens in this country, the
spirit of freedom is not dead. Sure, it has been subverted, its 
parameters twisted out of shape, and its true meaning distorted by the 
spin-doctors of the political arena, and perhaps, it has gone into 
hiding, but it is not dead. It is a commodity that has not been openly 
sold to our children in our schools, and to workers in what few 
factories we haven't sent to China, or the workers in the nation's farm 
fields. No, it isn't dead. Since there is a spark of true freedom left, 
let's find it, and breathe new life into it, and spread it while there 
is yet time for it to germinate and grow. 

I KNOW . . . 

Most will neither hear nor heed the warning I am trying to give. It is
not a new warning, after all; it was given even as this nation was 
being formed by the founding fathers. If they were ignored, then who am 
I? 

The government gravy train is running and no one wants to miss it. The
few factory whistles that remain are loudly calling to those desperate 
for work, and that noise is drowning out this warning. 

On a more personal note; we have not taken the time to do as God
commanded and love our fellow human beings as we love ourselves. The 
strong are oppressing and exploiting the weak, and our government has 
allowed it to happen and still is, sometimes even aiding in the 
process. Most of the citizens of this nation believe it is still and 
always has been the greatest nation on the face of the planet. They 
figure God will save the United States of America, without giving Him 
any good reason why He should! America's spiritual slide is epic. Look 
at how we have turned away from Him! Here are but a few of our 
spiritual travesties: 

1.  We allowed prayer to be taken from our public school system 2.  We
have allowed the Ten Commandments to be removed from public view. 3.  
We have allowed the legal marriage of same-sex couples. 

By these actions alone, we are telling God that we don't want Him in our
lives unless we call Him in times of trouble. We seem to be saying, 
“Leave us alone! If we need you, we will pray to you then!” 

In conclusion, America is long overdue for judgment. Many today are
complaining that God is not answering their prayers. Why should He, 
after we've made it clear that we don't want to adhere to His commands? 
So the question remains' are there any green years left for Americans? 

I hope so. 

If we can only revive that wonderful land which was .  .  .  which used
to be . . . where any man or woman willing to stay on his or her toes . 
.  .  could reach for the stars! 

It is as we will. 


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