I guess I should have been concerned when it wasn't broadcast on any of the network channels, I guess I'm showing my age, because I remember when the president spoke it was carried on live television. And based on the title of the speech, it seemed that it should be something that was on all of the national channels. I did hear it was covered on CNN, but I do not pay for any of those channels, I refuse to pay for non-stop brainwashing on either side.
Maybe it's because I was raised in foreign countries, maybe it's because I have seen first hand the damages causes by the type of rhetoric that I listened to last night. Or maybe it was because I was listening with the intent to fully understand. Whatever the reason, I was sick to my stomach. I was up for half the night deep in prayer for our country and world.
Last night was heart breaking, on top of the extremely eerie vibes of the lighting and the ambiance, which seemed deliberately set. Whatever happened to the days of our presidents sitting in front of a fire place, chatting with us as if we were friends and neighbors.
Last night broke my heart. Over my adulthood we have had presidents that I did not care for, their words and actions didn't align with my values. I've never even considered that gave me the right to demonize those who thought differently than I do.
Oddly, looking through various social media last night, my blood turned cold with the hatred and go get them attitude that seemed to resonate in many places. I prayed that those were bots, I prayed that those were simply AI, programmed to stir the pots. I prayed that we the American people had not actually slide to the low that we were incapable of seeing through the hatred spewed in the bloody red darkness (fading to pink if you were watching CNN from the videos I watched later). I prayed that the American people are stronger and better than all of that.
We are God's nation. We are strong, we are good people that care for one another. We pull together even when we can't agree, we search for the common ground. Aren't we?
If you changed the term the president kept repeating over and over again, to any number of other terms, it would have sent people into an actual tailspin of condemnation. If he'd picked a religion, gender, nationality, skin color or whatever I'm sure you would have heard the echo's all around about the evilness of it all. Instead what I am seeing is a villainization of a large portion of America, based on the fact that they do not hold the same beliefs.
My heart wonders how much more will be attempted to shatter us, to render the very fabric of America useless. They've attempted over the decades to place wedges in between us all based on everything you could possibly list. Color, gender, religion, thoughts, race, finances and so much more that I can't even remember. And through it all, even though there have been blips and hiccups of horrible proportions we have managed to still retain the very fibers that make us a republic.
America is a republic. We are not a democracy, no matter how many times it is repeated and yelled, we are still (at least for the time being) a republic. Each and every person regardless of their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, color, or anything else is just as important as the next. And it feels that there is pure evil afoot that wants to change that. That wants to send us back in time, that is laying the groundwork for what happened in Germany in 1933. We all know how that ended.
I don't care about any of the things they are trying to use to divide us, I am an American. I believe in our constitution and freedoms. I always have, I always will. I can't change this world. I can't change hearts set on tearing others down and from striping away that which we hold most precious. It's not possible.
What I can do, is pray. I am going to continue to stay in prayer. I am going to lift up each person, I am going to continue to ask God to heal our damaged country and world.
This is simply a reflection of my feelings and beliefs regarding what I watched last night. To me, in the course of my life experiences, those 24 minutes were filled with something completely unbecoming of an American president. They filled me with a deep sense of loss and hurt. Each of us will process it on our own, if you even watched it as it was not readily available to see.
I'm going to spend some time out in the garden this morning. Praying and processing the past 12 hours.
God bless America once again, please....
love and peace for all!
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