MY NEW SEASON

by Danna Shirley

God has been stirring my spirit again. It is those uncomfortable stirrings you know are happening but you really don’t want them to because you’re settled in and happy where you are. Just as in our physical growth; i.e. infancy, toddler, teen, young adult, middle age, and senior; it also happens in our spiritual growth and in whatever ministry God directs us. I know we're all called in different areas and at different times. So, this is now my new season. I have decided to put my Writing class and Book Club on hold. With all the controversy coming forth politically, I feel our country is in jeopardy and my priority now is to counteract this political push toward socialism.

The decision really became clear while I was talking to my daughter about this new socialist culture that is emerging. I am 70 years old. I grew up during the time when they did drills in school about getting under your desk in case of a nuclear attack. We stood and said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning as we faced the flag with our hand over our heart. We knew about the Cold War and the Berlin Wall.

I came to realize my generation is dying off . . . the 30 and 40 and 50-year-olds still work, have children in sports and help with homework, cook and do laundry and fall into bed at night . . . and the high school and college kids have no knowledge of life outside of their own little world.

So, here I was, watching sitcoms and Hallmark movies and only tuning in to the news about five minutes at a time because my spirit would become so distressed within me. I had to ask myself, what is going to happen to America…when the Baby Boomers are gone?…when Generations X, Y, and Z are so overwhelmed they walk mindlessly through their day?…when the Centennials, being indoctrinated by their teachers and professors who push the socialist agenda, start to vote in the election process? Do they even know what socialism is? Watch…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMxTEZ7JizI (2:19)

Capitalism: private enterprise, free enterprise, private ownership, free market; individuals freely decide what they will produce and who they will serve.

Socialism: production, distribution, and exchange is owned or regulated by the community as a whole; everyone is entitled to everything, no one is responsible for anything.

So, in realizing I can no longer sit back watching sitcoms, which, by the way, are also indoctrinating the public, I have been asked to join a new organization, Battle for America PAC (http://battleforamericapac.com/) whose Mission Statement is:

"To educate our young people on the value of life

and to encourage love of country, nonviolence,

and support for our free market enterprise."

In doing some research, I came across these two quotes:

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." --Abraham Lincoln

  

“We will take America without firing a shot ... we will bury you! We can’t expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have communism. We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.” – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm0yQg1hS_w