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Thomas Jefferson
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020
Ours and Yours
THE GEORGIA POST 4
The freedom
to be free
I saw a news article
headline a few days ago
that disturbed
me greatly. I
didn’t read the
article because
sometimes I
have a hard time
differentiating
between fake
news and real
news. But the
headline has
stuck in the back
of my mind.
“Americans are
addicted to freedom,” was
the headline.
I said out loud. “Yes, we
are! And I’m not ashamed
of it.”
Jesus gave His life so
that we can go free for
eternity. And my eternity
began here on earth the
day I was saved. That’s
when my freedom to be
free was secured. That’s
the day the angels began
building my heavenly
mansion.
Many of our husbands,
wives, parents, children,
and friends have lost
their lives, fighting for
our freedom. Over the
years, Americans have
left home, spent years
away from their families,
and suffered trying to
maintain what we hold
valuable in our nation.
And someone is going
to “accuse” us of wanting
to keep our freedom! If
it’s called addicted, then
I confess that in my opin
ion, we are addicted and
rightly so.
Freedom is a priceless
commodity.
I’m afraid many in the
political arena are trying
to take our freedom away.
Everything is quickly
changing before our very
eyes.
If we lose our freedom,
people, we lose all our
earthly possessions. We
will be told what
we can have, what
we can buy, and
what we can do.
Do we really want
the government
to have that much
control over us?
As a nation, we
better get right
with God. He is not
happy with the sin
in the world today
and He is only going
to take so much. He must
be a patient God, because
I’m afraid I would have
already destroyed those
who have mocked me and
tested Me like the evil
ones have done already.
Maybe it’s about time
for us to again fight for
our freedom. The United
States of America was
founded because of the
desire to be free! We
should be careful as to
what we ask for from the
government. They want
us to be totally dependent
on them. That’s a huge
mistake.
We must turn back
to God,as a country, if
we value what He has
already given to us.
We, Christians, are at
war. We must stand up
for what’s right with God,
for only He has the ability
to give us our freedom.
Will you begin this war
against evil, with prayer?
With God on our side,
we are a majority. God
and anyone can conquer
all. Let’s be soldiers for
Jesus, starting today!
Let’s be willing to fight
for the freedom we still
desire!
NANCY GIBBS is an author,
minister’s wife and motivational
speaker. Contact her at nancy-
bgibbs@aol.com
Nancy
Gibbs
CONGRATS
CLASS OF
Graduation and Memorial Day weekend
What a different graduation it
will be this year. Certainly will
be one they will never forget
and that’s not necessarily a
bad thing. It’s a good lesson in
adapt and carry forward.
We are proud to publish our
graduation edition this week.
With the schools closed there
were some things we couldn’t
get but are just glad to feature
the graduates.
My own graduation was not
the norm either. Because I
graduated early so I could
head to local community
college and then head to UGA.
I was in summer school taking
last subject needed. There
fore, there were 20 of us that
walked the football field for
graduation. The year I would
have graduated was the largest
graduating class in the history
of the school. I was kind of
glad I did graduate early as it
would have taken forever.
On the football field, there
wasn’t as much pomp and
circumstance but it served the
purpose and I graduated. We
did walk across a makeshift
stage and our names were
called and we shook hands
with the principal. We did
have caps and gowns as well
and I gave a short speech to
those assembled. It was only
about three minutes and was
mainly that we made it and
now could seize the day as we
were in charge of our how far
we went from there.
We moved our tassel over
and threw our hats into the air
and the next day, I was pack
ing and excited for the future
ahead in journalism. Little did
I know or realize the twists
and turns that life would bring
all along the way.
To get my college degree,
I worked three jobs to put
myself through. I’m sure my
Dad would have helped if I
asked but I wanted to do it
on my own. There were many
days of little or no sleep and
going from class to work to
class and back to work. But, if
I had to do it all over again, I’d
still do most things the same.
I learned a lot and pushed my
self to many limits. It helped
me grow in ways I might have
otherwise such as having a
driving work ethic.
I also finished my
BS degree without
one bit of debt. It
was not easy and
there were days I
cried and days I
wanted to scream.
But I made it. So will
today’s graduates if
they never give up.
I’ve thought about
going back to take
some Constitutional
law classes because we
need people to stand
on the Constitution,
especially these days. But then,
I’d also like to take classes in
herbal medicine and holistic
medicine. Was taking some
herbal classes and trying to
finish several books, but just
can’t seem to find time to do
everything I want to do along
with work and have a home
life, so have had to prioritize.
One day when I retire perhaps
will go back to school. You
are never too old to learn and
as long as you are still learn
ing, you are still progressing.
Learning, I think, helps keep
your brain young.
Today’s graduates have a
bright future in a very differ
ent world. There are still goals
to set and achieve, no matter
where the next phase of life
takes them. Through the years,
I’ve learned life is actually
what you make it and your
mindset about it. The wrong
mindset can defeat the best of
plans. Those plans which you
let God direct are more likely
to flourish and succeed.
One thing I wish I had done
more of in my younger days
was travel more and worked
harder on my relationship
with God. I do know without a
doubt, it was God that got me
through all those years be
cause I would not have made
it on my own. These days too
many people want to deny the
very existence of God or are
too involved in the world to
realize we are nothing without
Him. It’s my prayer that if
they don’t know Him already,
today’s graduates will come to
know the one true God
of creation.
Along with graduation,
this weekend is also
Memorial Day weekend.
It was previously called
Decoration Day and is
a federal holiday. Many
people get it confused
with other days.
It wasn’t declared a
national holiday until
1971 but was first widely
observed in May 1868.
The celebration com
memorated the sacrifices
of the Civil War and
the proclamation was made
by General John A Logan.
Following the proclamation,
participants decorated graves
of more than 20,000 Union
and Confederate soldiers.
In years since World War 1,
the day has become a celebra
tion of honor for those who
died in all America’s wars.
President Ronald Reagan is
given credit for reviving the
practice of honoring Memo
rial Day. One of his famous
speeches was given at Arling
ton National Cemetery on
Memorial Day in 1986:
“Today is the day we put
aside to remember fallen he
roes and to pray that no heroes
will ever have to die for us
again. It’s a day of thanks for
the valor of others, a day to re
member the splendor of Amer
ica and those of her children
who rest in this cemetery and
others. It’s a day to be with the
family and remember.
“I was thinking this morning
that across the country chil
dren and their parents will be
going to the town parade and
the young ones will sit on the
sidewalks and wave their flags
as the band goes by. Later,
maybe, they’ll have a cookout
or a day at the beach. And
that’s good, because today is a
day to be with the family and
to remember...”
He listed many of the men
buried in the cemetery citing
their various achievements.
“All of these men were differ
ent, but they shared this in
common: They loved America
very much. There was nothing
they wouldn’t do for her. And
they loved with the sureness
of the young. It’s hard not to
think of the young in a place
like this, for it’s the young who
do the fighting and dying when
a peace fails and a war begins.
Not far from here is the statue
of the three servicemen—the
three fighting boys of Viet
nam. It, too, has majesty and
more. Perhaps you’ve seen
it—three rough boys walking
together, looking ahead with a
steady gaze. There’s something
wounded about them, a kind
of resigned toughness. But
there’s an unexpected tender
ness, too. At first you don’t
really notice, but then you see
it. The three are touching each
other, as if they’re support
ing each other, helping each
other on... And we owe them
something, those boys. We
owe them first a promise: That
just as they did not forget their
missing comrades, neither,
ever, will we. And there are
other promises. We must
always remember that peace
is a fragile thing that needs
constant vigilance. We owe
them a promise to look at the
world with a steady gaze and,
perhaps, a resigned tough
ness, knowing that we have
adversaries in the world and
challenges and the only way to
meet them and maintain the
peace is by staying strong...”
There is a National Moment
of Remembrance each year
at 3 p.m. It’s a good time to
pause and reflect what Me
morial Day means to each of
us and the sacrifices that were
made for us. With all that’s
going on in today’s world,
we need a reminder of what
freedom and keeping it, is all
about. Blessings to each of
you.
VICTORIA SIMMONS Is a colum
nist, author, motivational speaker,
minister and publisher of The Georgia
Post/Byron Buzz. Contact her at:
vsimmons54@gmail.com
Day At
ATime
Victoria
Simmons
Uncalculated pandemic response effects
(How ripple effects
can be worse than the
pandemic)
Health: fear, depression,
cancer, cardiopulmonary,
diabetes, arthritis and many
other health conditions are big
business for both our medical
infrastructure as well as for
the pharmaceutical industry.
The money isn’t in curing
disease, it’s in managing it.
The big push now however
is to control your immune
system through isolation (this
weakens your immune system)
then the subsequent need for
the broad array of vaccination
for immunization from our
surroundings. We need to get
exposed to our surroundings
or we will have weakened
immune systems when the
fall flu season get here (our
immune system needs inter
action with the surroundings
we want to continue being
around). Despite vaccinations
being in place for influenza we
lose 400,000 - 600,000 per
year worldwide to the com
mon flu. With exposure to our
surroundings, sunshine and
each other being big immune
builders, why are we being
advised (by policy creation) to
go into the fall with a deficit?
Pharmaceutical Cartel:
front line medical doctors are
losing their freedom of choice
in how they treat their
patients, to upstream
bureaucratic policy
makers who’s vision has
gotten very muddy with
Big Pharma crony ism.
What we have is drug
dealers leveraging their
reach through the CDC,
NIH, FDA and WHO to
control front line med
ical doctors (across the
world) and turn them
into robotic drug dealers
for Big Pharma instead
of treating their patients
according to their own re
search, and experience (both
personal and that of their
peers that they trust).
Why do you like your doctor?
Do you have faith in them or
faith in ones wanting to con
trol them that you don’t know?
An unhealthy economy:
when we have a pocket full of
cash, but cannot get timely
service or goods to match the
available money we have, how
much value is the paper we
want to trade for the goods
and services? This could be
a small part of what we’re up
against for crippling a healthy
economy of productivity
down and paying out massive
amounts of newly printed
fiat currency (un-backed by
intrinsic value) to people TO
NOT WORK! These
same people that
are not working
(that could be) will
continue to want
goods and services to
match their own lives
during this time and
when things get back
on track. How many
service providers
(and ones deemed
non-essential) will be
out of business?
The states that are
the largest advocates
of the shutdowns are now
trying to leverage payments
from taxpayers across the
country through the federal
government to support their
non-productive solutions to an
over inflated crisis.
There are many moving
parts in a healthy economy,
so when certain factors are
decommissioned it can cause
systemic disease to an entire
economic body if left fester
ing too long. The approach
taken has already disrupted
food logistics, caused massive
waste of food and a staggering
dependence on food banks
across the country. Add to
this, the stress of long lines
and dependence on whatever
gets put in the food bag once
you get there. (Thank you to
all who are helping with food
distribution).
Debt and loss of purchasing
power: if healthy Americans
don’t get to work (full blast)
we are going to shovel a load
of debt (and changed policies)
down to our children that is
unfair and corrupt. We are
also messing up the buying
power of the limited dollars
many of our elders (that are
on fixed incomes) depend on.
How fair is that to a genera
tion of elders that have already
grown more uncertain (over
the past 20 years) of what
their future in this country
will be like, due to financial
uncertainty?
This isn’t complicated, we
need to protect the vulnerable
(wear masks and wash our
hands before we come around
their stuff and lift financial
and physical burdens where
we can) but the rest of us
need to get out and keep this
country and its future on track
for the sake of our elders, dis
abled, our children and future
generations!
WADE YODER is a Master Trainer
and Fitness/Nutrition Specialist.
Contact him at wadeyoder@icloud.
com; Phone (478) 955-1999
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