Blessed

StartFragmentToday, I was listening to Lecrae's song, Welcome to America, and as I listened to the lyrics, the words hit me really hard. Read some of the lyrics of this song from verse 3, from the viewpoint of someone trying to come to America: Uh, I wish I lived in America Wanna raise my kids in America Heard everybody rich all I gotta do is run, jump, kick I'm a hit in your area So please pick me, America I know you'll probably never love me You never hear about me on the news And you’ve probably never been to my Country I hear you selling education and got clothes that you throw away Got plenty food in your nation I can tell cause a lot of y’all are overweight I already work for y’all I’m in the sweatshops making these shirts for y’all Now I ain’t getting money, go to bed hungry But I make some exports for y’all And y’all don’t know a thing about that You was made in America I’m trying to find me a ticket Where the sky is the limit catch a plane to America It should be plain to America Y’all blessed and you got it made Heard y’all don’t pray no more Y’all ain’t saved no more Y’all looking for another way Well, I hope it ain’t true.... I done made it to America I’m amazed at America But I couldn’t get approval to stay so they sent me away from America Unfortunately, this is the case for many immigrants who want to come to America. Our country is so blessed, even if sometimes it might seem like our freedom is slipping away. But right now, we have freedom, we don't deal with country-wide hunger, and our country isn't torn by war. I don't think we understand how good we have it here in America. I mean, take a look at North Korea. Oppressed by a horrible dictator, the North Korean people have been stripped of their freedom of any form of expression. Some of the punishments for speaking freely are murder, enslavement, torture, and extreme food rations. These people live in constant fear of their home being raided by the government, or being taken away to labor camps where torture is worse than we can imagine. Watch this video, an interview with a North Korean woman who experienced the horror of this country's government. We should be so, so, so thankful for what we have in America. We have the freedom of speech and expression and if we choose to leave the country, we can. People in other countries wish they could come to America, but we turn them away. So what can we, just teen girls, do about this? First, we can pray for these people who are living in horrific conditions that they will be able to get out of their situation. Second, we can raise awareness and money for these people. "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. " James 1:27. EndFragment

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