Take A Knee !

Dear One's , I received some writings I found most interesting and powerful ! Please know I
claim no credit of this message:  
Sharing to all players who want to take a knee !
So , you want to take a knee?
Take a trip to Valley Forge in January.  Hold a
musket ball in your fingers and imagine it
piercing your flesh and breaking
a bone or two.
There won't be a doctor or trainer
to assist you until after the battle.
wait your turn while listening to
the screams of pain from the
wounded.
Then take a knee.
Go to Normandy where man
after American man stormed
the beach, dodging dead
bodies and withering
machine gun fire ....The
very sea stained with American
blood.  Imagine that your
fellow players are your
dead brothers in arms.
Then take a knee.
Take a knee in the sweat
soaked jungles of Vietnam.
Over 60,000 Americans 
died in those jungles.
There was no playbook
or million dollar contracts
for doing your job,
but they understood
what our flag
represented. 
When they came home,
they were protested
by their fellow Americans.
Then take a knee,
while they spit on you.
Take another knee 
in the blood drenched
sands of Fallujah in
100 degree heat.... Trade
in your pads for a keviar helmet
and battle dress.....
You'll have to stay hydrated,
but there won't be anyone
to squirt Gatorade into
your mouth .And watch out
for those IEDs (bombs) when you
take a knee. 
There's a lot of places to 
take a knee.
Americans have given
their lives all over the 
world. When you use the
banner under which
they fought as a source
for your protest, you
dishonor the memories
of those who bled
for the very FREEDOMS
YOU HAVE. 
That's what the red stripes
mean, it represents the blood
of those who spilled
it defending YOUR LIBERTY.
So while you're on your knee
pray for those that came
before you, not on
manicured fields , striped
and printed with numbers
to announce every inch
of game yardage>>>>
but on nameless hills
and bloodied beaches
and sweltering forests
and bitter cold mountains....
Every inch marked by
an AMERICAN LIFE
LOST SERVING THAT
FLAG YOU PROTEST !
No Cheerleaders, no announcers,
no coaches, no fans..... just American
men and women on the land, air ,
sea, delivering the REAL
FIGHT AGAINST THOSE
WHO CHOSE TO HARM US......
So you would have the opportunity
to dishonor their service by
"Taking your knee !!
You have no clue what it took
to get you where you are....
but your "protest" is duly
noted.
Not only it DISGRACEFUL
TO A NATION, IT POINTS TO
YOUR INGRATITUDE FOR 
THOSE WHO CHOSE TO 
DEFEND YOU UNDER
THAT BANNER that will still WAVE 
long after your stats and
game jersey are forgotten......
If you really feel the need
to take a knee,
Come with me to church on
Sunday and we'll both kneel
before almighty God. 
We'll thank him for preserving
this country for as long as he has.
We'll beg  forgiveness for both
of our ingratitude for all he
has provided us. We'll appeal
to him for understanding
and wisdom.
We'll pray for liberty 
and justice for all....
Because he is the One who
provides those things.
but no protesting allowed !
There will only be
gratitude for his provision
and a plea for his
continued grace and mercy
on the land of the FREE and
home of the BRAVE. 
May he continue to
BLESS AMERICA,
the ignorant and selfish
sinners we all are.
What an incredible gift he
has given US !

ROOM FOR THOUGHT: THOSE WHO WOULD DISRESPECT OUR FLAG
HAVE NEVER BEEN HANDED A FOLDED ONE !

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