Our god’s plan
The Lord has informed me that He
wants America to prepare, to make safe, the way for freedom
and democracy in the world
Doug Soderstrom
June 7, 2005
iranian.com
A preliminary copy of a speech -- "Serve Your Country Proudly!"
-- to be delivered by the President of the United States somewhere
around the end of year 2005 in
order to prepare the American populace for the possibility of
an upcoming draft.
This evening I would like to visit with you, the young people
of America and your parents, not simply as the President of the
United States, but as one who cares very deeply about you and your
future. As I am sure you are well aware, my wife, Laura, and I
have two lovely daughters who we love very deeply just as your
own parents love you. And just as your parents want what is best
for you in your life... Laura and I feel much the same. We, as
well, want what is best for you.
Also we realize that the most
precious resource in our nation is that of our children, you the
young people of our nation, for it is you who will be our future
and certainly without you we will have no future. As a father as
well as your President, I want to do whatever I can in order to
ensure that each of you as young people will have the opportunity
to live in a nation that will enable each of you to achieve your
most cherished dreams. We, your parents and I, want you to be everything
that God has in store for you. We want you to be able to fulfill
God’s plan for your life. And, of course, it is this that
I would like to visit with you this evening.... God’s plan
for your life... what is best for you, your parents, our nation,
and, of course, the world.
First of all, there are a few things that every American ought
to be aware. As I am sure you realize, I am a dedicated Christian.
A few years ago, I gave my life to the Lord Jesus Christ as I asked
Him to come into my heart and to be my Lord and Savior. From that
point on, the Lord has been leading, guiding my life, enabling
me to understand how He wants me, as the President, to lead this
country into greatness. Every morning when I rise, I ask for the
Lord’s guidance. As a humble servant of the Lord, I ask God
to tell me what He wants me, as the President, to do in order that
our nation might fulfill its role in order to usher in the Kingdom
of God.
You see, from the very beginning, 229 years ago, our country
was founded upon the very principles of God. In fact, because of
the way the United States Constitution was written, the founders
themselves made sure that God would always be at the helm of our
country, and because of that God chose to bless our country. However,
in recent days, it has been laid upon my heart, the Lord has told
me, that His blessing will continue only to the extent that we,
as a people, continue to do His will. Only to the extent that we
have the courage and fortitude to follow His teachings, the principles
of life that will enable our country to be a beacon of light for
the rest of the world to see.
The Lord has informed me that He
wants our country to prepare, to make safe, the way for freedom
and democracy in the world. But in order for such to become a reality,
we, as a nation of God’s very own people, must be ready...
we must have the courage, even the moral stamina, to do His will,
to do what is asked of us. Only then will the truth of freedom
and democracy come to fruition. Only then will our country be allowed
to lead the world into a new era... an era of liberty and justice
for all the people of the world.
Every day since my inauguration as the 43rd President of this
fine nation, I have asked for God’s guidance, I have requested
that He tell me what He wants us as a people to do, how He wants
me, as the President, to govern the nation. But then on September
11, 2001 “the evil ones” assaulted our country. Yet
as challenging as that event turned out to be, it was, I believe,
a time of great awakening for our country, a wake-up call for all
Americans. It was then that God made it abundantly clear that not
only should we be exceedingly proud and thankful for having had
the opportunity to live in such a fine country, one blessed with
freedom and democracy, but that we should never, I mean never,
take such freedom for granted.
The message of 9/11 was a warning
that there are those who would like to destroy the United States
of America, a country that has shown the courage to stand up for
freedom and democracy. I believe that God has given us the mandate
to become the world’s guardian of freedom and democracy.
He has charged us with the responsibility to take on and to eventually
defeat “the evil ones.”
It is up to us to do whatever
must be done in order to make sure that the world will be free.
It is our responsibility to see that the goal of freedom and democracy
is achieved. What we in our country have been able to do over the
past 229 years is to create a plan for the rest of the world to
follow. Thus, as I see it, the divine will of God is for our nation
to go unto all ends of the earth and to spread the word and to
tell “the evil ones” that they do not have the right
to imprison their own people.
God wants us to make it clear that
they will not be allowed to tell their own people what they must
believe, what they must do, or how they must live their lives.
God’s message is that it is our responsibility to tell them
that they must let their people go, that they must set their people
free, that they must free their people from the shackles of oppression
placed upon them, that they must give their people the freedom
to choose their own leaders. They must realize that if they want
to take their place in the world of tomorrow, they must be willing
to live according to the principles of God. They must realize that
if they are to survive, they have but one choice... the choice
to choose freedom and democracy. They must realize that anything
less than this is unacceptable... unacceptable to God, unacceptable
to the principles of freedom and democracy, the very principles
that form the heart and soul of that which has made our country,
the United States of America, the greatest country in all the world.
However, when we look at the world, it is quite clear that many
nations have not chosen to honor the will of God. Far too many
nations do not value their own people’s sovereign right to
be free, their God-given right to choose who will lead them. And,
of course, that is where you, as young people, as well as those
of you as parents, fit into such a terribly complex puzzle of a
world that has seemingly gone so horribly wrong. If other nations
of the world are going to choose to dictate to their own people,
if they are going to continue to deprive their very own citizens
of the right to choose who they want to govern, then we, as a country,
have no choice but to do what God demands of us; no choice but
to tell them that they must change their ways or else they will
be required to suffer the consequences. They must realize that
an America led by God will do whatever it must in order to restore
the Kingdom of God on the earth, a kingdom deeply imbued with a
love for freedom and democracy.
During the past few months, I have become extremely saddened,
very saddened indeed, to find that those hard working men and women
in uniform, our very well trained military recruiters, charged
with such an awesome responsibility, have had an extremely difficult
time fulfilling their quotas of soldiers necessary in order to
defend our country. What has gone wrong? Why has it been so terribly
difficult for our recruiters to find men and women willing to serve
their own country? How could such a thing be? Surely we have not
become an indulgent nation, a nation of selfish folks willing to
partake of the benefits of such a fine society, yet without the
courage, nor even the integrity, to do what must be done in order
to defend our country from her enemies.
Such an unwillingness to
go to war for one’s own country, a nation that has given
so very much to those of us privileged to live within its borders,
is frightening. Frightening in that it is clear to me, as the President
of this great nation, that such an attitude could well lead to
the downfall of our country, a nation that has been a bulwark of
freedom for the world to follow, a once bright light having become
dim, darkened by the shortsighted and narcissistic fears of its
own people, a shadow of tyranny and domination that would be allowed
to spread across the rest of the world leading the planet into
a nightmarish hell of despot-dictated domination!
Everyone needs to understand that since that “terrible
day in September” the world has changed. Without choice,
we, as a nation, have become engaged, caught up as it were, in
a great world struggle... one between those who would keep their
own people in chains like that of Iran, Syria and North Korea versus
those, like us, who want our own people to remain free so we might
be allowed to partake of the wonderful benefits of those having
had the opportunity to live in a democracy. We, as a nation, cannot.
I mean we must not allow evil to triumph for if we do, if we fail
to have the courage to carry out the God-given mandate that we
protect the world’s right to choose for itself, then freedom
and democracy will be lost forever.
Tonight, I am asking not only the youth, but as well the parents
of our youth, to understand their obligation, their sacred responsibility
to serve our country. I am asking that we, as a nation, rise up
to the challenge to follow our conscience. I am asking that we
might develop the integrity necessary in order to say yes to our
mutually shared responsibility to serve our nation. I am asking
for you, the youth of America, the future leaders of our nation,
to exhibit the courage to say yes to those fine men and women in
uniform who will come to you asking if you have the mettle, if
you have the guts to do the right thing, if you have the courage
to stand up, if you have the moral integrity to say yes... yes,
I do want to do the will of God. Yes, I am willing to take a stand
for freedom and democracy. And parents... help your children to
realize what a wonderful honor and privilege it would be for them
to serve their God while simultaneously having the opportunity
to serve their own country.
Before you go to bed tonight ask your
kids if they want God to be proud of them. Ask them if they want
you to be proud of them. Ask them if they would like the entire
country to be proud of them. Ask them if they would like to be
proud of themselves. And then you, as parents, tell your children
that they can have such pride through a decision to join in the
military’s defense of our nation. Tell your kids that if
they hunger and thirst after righteousness, if they truly want
to be like Jesus Christ, if they would like to illustrate the courage
it takes to follow in the footsteps of the Lord, the courage it
takes to be a man’s man, a true man of men, then you tell
them that they have no choice but to honor their responsibility
to say yes to their country, no choice but to say yes to being
a loyal, patriotic American citizen, no choice but to say yes in
choosing to be a part of God’s Army fighting for the right
of every human being in the world to be free.
In closing, let me leave you with one last thought. Bad things
happen when good people decide to do nothing, when families believe
that there is nothing wrong with expecting someone else’s
children to carry out the difficult burden of ensuring that “the
evil ones” will not be allowed to destroy the world’s
right to remain free and safe. So I am asking for each of you to
make the decision to be on the leading edge, the cutting edge,
of doing the will of God. I am asking that you do what must be
done in order to bring freedom and democracy to the rest of the
world. I am asking that you do what you know you must do in order
that the world will someday declare that the United States of America
truly was, is, and shall remain the land of the free and the home
of the brave.
Good night to each of you, and may God bless our nation.
George Walker Bush
President of the United States
About
Doug Soderstrom, Ph.D., is a psychologist in Wharton, Texas.
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