It Takes A Storm

It Takes A Storm

There is a growing optimism in this country that I have not experienced since I was a child.

Tonight we will be in Livingston, Montana, for the annual rodeo.

The first time we went to this particular rodeo was when we still lived in Oregon.

I recall the man on the loudspeaker discussing freedom, liberty, and patriotism.

Kathy and I looked at each other as if these were foreign terms and he was speaking them out loud.

In parts of Oregon, comments like that would bring boo’s and jeers.

The other day, I was listening to Lee Greenwood’s song “I’m Glad to be an American.”

I thought to myself, I am glad to live in this country, and she is worth fighting for.

Despite our problems, we are the freest people in the world.

Even those who seek to take away those freedoms sure do enjoy them, don’t they?

They have the right to express their opinions about the current administration, about their ideology, and about us.

I think they forget sometimes, if they did that in one of the socialist countries they seem so enamored by, they might be put in prison.

They forget what they’ve done to fellow Americans who voiced their concerns.

Yep, their party tried them and put them in jail.

Those days are over, but remember how easily that freedom can be taken away..

Freedom will never just happen.

If we take it for granted, we’ll lose it.

Remember the reaction to COVID?

Remember how the last administration took it away and called it necessary to lower the curve?

Summer Storm Townsend MT

As I look out my window at the American flag hanging on my home, the storm outside is the perfect backdrop.

God hates authoritarian leadership.

He’s all about giving people the freedom to live, the freedom to choose, and He gives us a wide berth.

But to those who try to oppress and lie, oh, beware.

History shows that those civilizations ended in catastrophe.

You don’t have to sign up for the military to fight for freedom, although I’m thankful so many men and women do.

Every day, just sticking up for our country creates a forcefield to ward off all the negative attacks on our way of life.

Never try to take away their rights the way they took away ours.

But silence is the enemy.

And remember, it takes a storm.