A LESSON TO MY SON BY A PROUD AMERICAN; A GOOD ANSWER FOR "WHY IS THE WAR GOING ON?"

MERI BURLINGAME AP LIST ^ | 5 APRIL 2003 | IRMA S CHAMBERS VIA THE FUNKS AND MERI

[Quix]

Meri Burlingame

Apr 5, 2003

thanks Sue and John Funk for this post.......there are many issues involved in this war.....and I don't send this as an "exclusive" reason.....so if you see things from other perspectives this doesn't necessarily rule out the validity of your point of view. Meri -----

Original Message ----- From: "john & sue funk" Sent:

Saturday, April 05, 2003 1:27 PM

Subject: a good answer for why is the war going on

A LESSON TO MY SON

By A PROUD AMERICAN

Irma S. Chambers

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation.

My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him:

"Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"

"I see trees and cars and our neighbors houses." he replied.

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush."

Our son giggled and said "OK."

"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country." my husband said.

"OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and see that man come out of his house with his wife and he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and afraid of their father. You see all of this son....what do you do?"

"Dad?"

"What do you don son?!"

"I call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help.

What do you do then son?!"

"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.

"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says.

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.

"I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."

"Daddy...he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"

"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says. "Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.

"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"

"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?"

Our son starts to cry.

"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"

"What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in he window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?!!!"

"Daddy..."

"WHAT DO YOU DO?!!!"

Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy."

My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him...

"Why?"

"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help...people who need it....and they won't help....You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself...Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds....so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."

I start to cry.

My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands questions and he tells him....

"Son"

"Yes, Daddy."

"Open the blinds because that man....he's at your front door..."WHAT DO YOU DO?!!!!"

My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up this tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes,without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"

I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his chest and hugs him tight, and cries...

"It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before......it's too late." my husband whispers.

THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all.

Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove this evil man from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window and see crimes on humanity. So that my nine year old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" that blinds the atrocities in the world won't affect him.

Today the second day of "WAR on IRAQ" I felt compelled to write this and pass it along. Hopefully, you will understand the lesson my husband tried to teach our son.

"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"

BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS...."

[patriciaruth]

Thanks for the ping. It's terrible what it is necessary to teach children. These lessons have always been necessary, but unfortunately rarely taught until things are out of control.

[steplock]

A LESSON TO MY SON By A PROUD AMERICAN
Irma S. Chambers


WHO IS this IRMA S. CHAMBERS ?? And how does one contact her?

[Quix]

RIGHT YOU ARE ABOUT THAT.

We want to protect children from the rough catastrophes and hazards of life.

So we withhold stories, truths, realities.

Then they suffer more because they are less prepared.

Not wisdom.

Thanks for your kind reply.

[Quix]

I just sent Meri B a question with your questions.

I THINK Irma is a member of Meri's Apostles/Prophets list.

But I don't recall for sure and don't have the list of people easily handy--as far as I know. No doubt is on a disk drive somewhere. Maybe I could do a search.

I expect Meri will respond within 6 hours but 24-48 hours at the latest, normally.

THANKS for your query.

Blessings,

[Victoria Delsoul]

YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"

BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS...."

Worth repeating! Thanks for the ping.

[Victoria Delsoul]

YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"

BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS...."

Worth repeating! Thanks for the ping.

[Quix]

U R EXCEEDINGLY WELCOME!

Please feel free to ping any you think would appreciate it.

Blessings 2 U & yours!

[lizma]

was that a sudden realization or something he'd already realized/decided on?

I really don't know.

He goes to public school with conservative teachers. (His Social Studies teacher writes patriotic poetry in her spare time) And every summer for the last 4 years, I've homeschooled him in American History, the Constitution, the Federalist(sp?) and Anti-federalist papers.

Like to think he learned something.

[Quix]

NO DOUBT HE'S LEARNED TONS.

I just assumed his tone would have given some clue.

NO sweat. He's a super kid either way!

Blessings,

[ovrtaxt]

I have read pieces by Meri on the elijah list. You can submit your email address and they will send prophetic/apostolic teachings and exhortations. Have been a subscriber for many years. It's free, and often very valuable.
http://www.elijahlist.com/

[Quix]

Much agree.

Have subscribed to the ELIJAH LIST for years. . . even though the ads are annoying and overdone, IMHO. The prophetic content is much above average, I think.

I also subscribe to Pam Clark's TRUMPET WIND ministries--also at InJesus, I think.

I like Meri's groups capacity to dialogue which is not so there except on the chat channel with Pam's group.

Anyway--great to have the diversity of resources.

I also think Bill Somer's site is great to check out regularly.

I still am waiting for God to clean up the whole prophetic arena to a quality much above the average now.

Thanks for your kind msg.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[buffyt]

I am having a difficult time reconciling the fact that Hollywood makes movies about how evil the Holocast was, with the horrible atrocities Hitler committed to the Jews and other people, yet Hollywood sides with Hussein this time. It defies wisdom and all reason. I am so sick of Hollywood speaking out against our government and our military and their being so pro-Husseins (Saddam and his murdering sons) that I can't stand to go to movies anymore. At our gym they are no longer playing Dixie Chicks for bike class. I think they will stop playing Sheryl Crow now that they know about her stance. Maybe if enough of us boycott Hollywood movies and music they will HEAR US.

[Eagle Eye]

Good post. BTTT

[OldFriend]

The best thing of all is that you are talking to your son, discussing, asking him his opinion, what he thinks. That's really what it's all about in the end because for sure his peers are talking to him too and you definitely want your values inculcated early on.

[OldFriend]

And teaching our kids about doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

[Quix]

Haven't gone to a theater for many, many months.

Am certainly going to be selective about the DVD's I might buy--haven't bought any of those for many, many months.

Hollyweed is a surreal corrupt cesspool of greed, selfishness and arrogance--as well as of unrestrained desires of every base kind. Nothing worthwhile there to mentor!

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And, a good friend of mine insured his kids were raised without having a TV in a very rural house. They would go to a friends for special events.

I think we will see the time when Holy Spirit is the only reliable AND available communications channel.

Certainly we need to hide THE WORD in our hearts and live it in our daily choices.

Thanks for your kind reply.

[Quix]

THANKS.

Bless You and Your close relationships with all God's best.

[Quix]

ABSOLUTELY!

AND WHY!

That Father is always watching--not out of a sadistic desire to ZOT but out of Love that we have RESURRECTION LIFE and THAT MORE ABUNDANTLY.

That takes a LOT of patient modeling such!

[Geostorm]

The quote they were looking for is:

First They Came for the Jews

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller