The world verses God

I don't mean to sound unpatriotic(if there is such a word), or that I do not support our Vets and troops who daily give their lives for our freedom, but I do have an observation to point out that I noticed last night while lying in bed listening to my one year old have a fever and not a good night. My thought is this. There are at least by my calculations 5 different days that are celebrated to honour vets, freedom, and the like. First we start off with Memorial Day. We celebrate the Police, fireman, military and others who gave their lives so that we can be free. Next is 4th of July. I call them vets because well they died for securing our freedom by succeeding from England. Then we have September 11th. I will not disrespect those who died to save those lives that were in the towers, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania field. They were true hero's. Today is Veterans day and we know that one. Then there is Pearl Harbor Day December 7th. So there you have it 5 different days we celebrate veterans and freedom. So here is my question, why do we celebrate all these days and only two days for the one who made us free. The one who will wipe away our tears, who has his arms open for all to believe on Him and follow Him. Even our Savior, Jesus Christ.

In ancient Israel, the forefathers that we come from celebrated more days for the Savior then we do these days. The Jews and most main stream Christian churches still celebrate Lent, Passover, and others I can even pronounce or spell. This world has turned itself so upside down that we can't even pray in school without offending someone not of our faith and there is a big controversy over it. What ever happened to saying the Pledge of Allegiance in school? Why did the congress of the US take "Under God" out of it when the US was founded by vets who wanted religious freedom from those trying to hide it? I fear this country is not longer protected by God anymore. We are so caught up in our material things, our credit scores, what the kids are getting for Christmas, what vacation can we go on, or the size of our new boat compared to our neighbors is. Has this country gone so far to forget who really is the leader of the free world is? Yes we can pray for our leaders in Congress, the President, and all that. We can vote to try and get the best person in office, but to what avail? I like what President Packer had to say for conference. It was as if man could vote on Gods law and not care what the consequence is to rest of the world.

I do thank my Vets and friends who served. They did what they had to do. They choose to do their duty and serve. Maybe we need to think more on who is the one that continues to keep us free. And blesses us when we do the right thing. I may have to dive into the other religions that celebrate those holidays that focus on the Savior. It may be true that being LDS celebrating Jewish, and other Christian holidays may be harmful to my salvation, but what if? Will it help me more remember the Savior? May so. Will it bring me closer to Him? Maybe. Will doing so help others know there is more to this world then just the material things? Who knows. I am just sick and tired of so many people being so material about things that do not matter and will not matter in the eternities. That's just my thought for today.