The Children are Crying, is Anyone Listening?

“And the Lord answered me, and said: write the vision, and make

 it plain upon tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision

 is yet for an appointed time; but at the end, it will speak and it will

 not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come.

 It will not tarry.”  

                                                    - Habakkuk 2: verses 2 and 3.

  

Last night, I heard the cries of babies, small children screaming in fear,

crying for their moms and dads.

What’s happened to our country?  Who are we, as Americans, that we can

sit back and be somber as breast feeding infants and small children are

being ripped from their mothers arms.  Fathers being handcuffed and put

in holding cells, separated from their wives and children. What have we

become?

What’s happened to our ideals and the moral fiber of who we are as a people,

as a powerful nation? What’s happened to the principles we hold dear to our

hearts, that sets us apart from the very people we call our enemies?

As I sit here and pour my heart out on these pages, I hear the sounds of children

crying and screaming to be with their parents playing over and over in my

mind.  In my heart, I hear a faint whisper saying, this is not how you show love

for one another, as I have shown you.

We as Americans have been blessed to live in a country where we have the

freedom to speak out, to worship as we please, go and come as we please, to

take part in electing those who govern our country.  We don’t know what it’s

like not to have these freedoms. But, how are we truly free when children who

for no fault of their own are stripped out of the arms of their mothers and fathers

and placed in holding cells, with their cries going unheard and ignored?

When the President says Let’s make America great again, is this how he and

his comrades think is the way to get it done?

I say, Mr. President, America is and always has been a great country.  We’ve

fallen short on a lot of things and turned our back on God to a certain degree,

but yet, we’re still a blessed country. You, Mr. President, are contributing to

the very swamp you claimed you would drain.

If I were physically able to go to those detainment centers and reach out to

each and every child that’s crying, I would hug each one, and apologize for

the inhumane treatment they are experiencing.

As a mother, my heart hurts for these innocent children. As an American, I

am sickened as I watch politicians night after night cast blame on each other

as the children continue to cry.

Lady Liberty stands in the harbor with her arm lifted up in pride for who we

are as a country. Once, we welcomed immigrants here to work, pursue an

education and raise a family. Now, we call them murderers and rapist and say

Go back to where you came from, you are no longer welcome here.

Many of my ancestors fought, bled and died just to be treated and respected

as human beings. I speak on their behalf when I say this can’t be the country

they gave their lives for.  Complacency and apathy has set in like mold,

covering and drowning out decency, humility and compassion.

When did this happen to us?

When did we become a nation of greed, hypocrisy, self indulgence and

cold heartedness?

Harsh words for harsh times!

Let’s make America care again, love again, welcoming again. If we would

show love and compassion, we could end this torturing and dividing

evil that’s come upon us and taken captive our country and the values we hold

dear to our hearts.

Many politicians have taken to reciting scriptures to give merit to their

sadistic behavior.  Using the word of God to bend it to fit their purpose.

They seemed to have skipped over the part where Jesus said to show love

to one another, as He has shown love to us by sending His son to die on a

cross.  That’s amazing love!

The children are crying, is anyone listening?

                                                                                     -Betty Badgett