Of all the days in the year since 2001 this single day is the worst. I promised myself that I would remember what happened and I have religiously followed the programing each year. Yes, I still cry, I still mourn the senseless deaths, and I remain amazed that at that time our country was united as one. I am shocked that there are young people that have little knowledge about the events of that day. I remember exactly I was doing and who I talked to and what was said. I really believe that our country has taken hit after hit over the years. I see so much anger politically and it scares me. It is no secret that I did not like Biden and felt that he was the worse president since Jimmy Carter, but I never wanted him to die. On social media we see laughter, outright glee and inappropriate reactions to devastating events. If you don't agree with the cause du Jour you are labeled racist, homophobic, misogynic, and transphobic. We are currently in a situation in this country where the majority are allowing a few with cause to run us in circles due to fear of being labeled or canceled. Charlie Kirk was one of my heroes. He went across the country and debated young people. He was always respectful but honest. He didn't bow down to the left leaning populace but encouraged them to speak their truth and debate with him. He was brilliant and was able to talk to anyone about anything. The one thing that I loved most was that his faith was always upfront. He was not ashamed of Jesus and spoke honestly about his faith. On a podcast he was asked if this (life) ended how would he want to be remembered. His answer was he "wanted to be remembered for courage for my faith". He spoke the truth; it was not popular. Truth isn't always comfortable. You can believe something, and it isn't necessarily truth. The trans community really had come out in force on social media because they could not make him speak their truth. When debating he was respectful but still maintained that science and truth will out. You can believe whatever you want about yourself, but you can't force the rest of us to accept that about you. Basically, what he stood by was, you do you booboo but I stand by the truth and by science. We are so much less today without him. We have lost the voice of a generation. I have no doubt that he is in Heaven having a joyous reunion with our Savior. I had posted a video that talked about this individuals' feelings about why he was killed. He used the word "they" and my FB friend wanted to know "who the hell is they". My answer to him is "they" represents the collective group of people who cannot tolerate an opinion that varies from what they believe and instead of disagreeing respectively they spew hatred and stir the pot of violence. That is why Charlie was killed. We all need to take a page from Charlie's book and stand up for the truth. The real truth not the truth that is based on fantasy. We need to honor his memory and evaluate our faith and really look deeply into our hearts to see if that we died today where would we go. He would encourage that you each would ask Jesus to forgive your sins and come into your heart and change your life. He would encourage you to read your bible and to share the love of Jesus to everyone. Charlie you will be missed.
