Woo wee. I got all fired up today about something I read yesterday. Didn't realize it made me so passionate...
So our president made a speech to the kids of America a few days ago (?). I had read somewhere that it was "sinister," which made me wanna have a read at this speech. So I clicked on the link and read every single bit of it. It was the kind of speech, to me, that your basketball coach would give you to make you wanna be the best you can be. An authoritative speech directed towards kids asking them to them obey their teachers, give forth their best efforts, work hard at developing their talents, and in time, a better world will become of it. Yes, he said a few times that it would make a better America. But to me, it would make a better life for us all. When we all try our best, and we put forth every effort to be respectful and hard-working, we will see a better tomorrow. In turn, people will begin to treat us differently.
He even mentioned that he had a hard life; he didn't always have the money or fatherly influence that other kids had. But that was no excuse to treat people rudely and without respect.
I dunno. Your thoughts? Am I missing something? Are these not good things to strive for? Sure. Do these things for a better America. But for those of us who believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior of our world, do it for Him! Jesus was one who respected. He was also one who stood boldly for what He believed in. He never gave in to temptation. He was gentle, kind, yet bold in Spirit.
Many of us did not vote for President Obama to become our president. But now that he is our president, many have chosen to pray for him, as we should! I believed this speech to be very encouraging to the younger generations to stand strong and to not give in. Do you not believe your prayers for our president to be so powerful? Do you not believe in what prayer can do at all?
Here is the link to the speech. Let me know what ya think: http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks
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2 comments:
Hi Tara! I understand a lot of the controversy began over the assignments that were to accompany the speech - such as writing a letter to yourself about how you can "serve" the president, then having your teacher hold you accountable for that. That assignment was deleted before today. There was a video released where some celebrities encouraged children to "pledge to serve the president." There's a lot more, but that's a start, if it helps you to understand better. :)
Schools who refused to participate are really silly because PUBLIC schools are funded by THE GOVERNMENT. I personally love Obama and worry for him pretty much every day. I basically pray for his safety every day because so many backwards people can't handle having a (supremely educated) black person as their president. Just like how I couldn't handle having a moron as mine.
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