My dear grandchildren,
I am writing this letter to you mainly because I want you to
know how much I love you. You are so
precious to me. I know Grandma also loves
you more than you’ll ever know. As I
write this, I know that you either are not able to read this, or you are not
able to understand what it means. In
fact, when you eventually read this, it is possible that I may already be in
heaven.
I don’t think you have ever seen me cry. Just because I don’t often cry does not mean
I don’t care about things. There are
times when I am crying on the inside.
That is happening more often these days because of what is happening in
our country. I know that because of what
my generation has done, your lives are not likely to be as pleasant as mine has
been. We have allowed the Federal
government to get way too big, and it has been spending way more money than it
has. The national debt is already so big
that it is not likely that we will ever get it paid off. What I fear is that you will be the ones who
have to suffer from our mistakes. The
Constitution is in shreds. It was meant
to put limits on the Federal government, but we have allowed the government to
intrude into so many aspects of our lives.
I’m afraid we haven’t been able to protect our liberties, and you may not
be able to live with the freedoms that we have had.
Although I have been trying to do what I can to stop this
from happening, I should apologize for not working hard enough. I am so sorry that my generation has
selfishly decided to spend money foolishly and leave the bill for you to
pay. We should not have done this. We had chances to work on this problem, but
we decided to kick the can down the road, and now you are going to have to live
with problems which are our doing. We
have lost our way. We have not had the
passion to defend our American values, and have let you down. We are now even condoning things which are
contrary to God’s Will. I just want to
cry.
I pray that I am wrong.
I pray that you continue to have the liberties that our ancestors fought
for. I hope and pray that your
generation will be able to overcome these difficulties and will be able to pass
on the legacy of American greatness to your descendents. I pray that our country finds its way back to
being a nation under God. I pray that
God continues to bless this nation.
I do have some advice for you. Pray and read your Bible every day. Go to church every week. Don’t miss out on the important things that
are offered you in worship. The only
real solution to our country’s problems is for its people to renew their trust
in God and their faith in Jesus who died on the cross to forgive their
sins. I pray that you remain faithful
and that you do everything in your power to make sure your family is raised in
the Christian faith. Always appreciate
your mom and dad. They love you dearly,
too.
Make sure you know the story of how some really great heroes
founded this country by their sacrifice.
Make sure you know the true story about how these great men of faith
managed to work out a framework for government that was successful for so many
years and became a great blessing for this country. They understood the evil in sinful people’s
hearts and attempted to put limits on a government to make sure it did not
become too powerful. It’s just shameful
that we have wandered away from that ideal.
Teach these things to your children.
Be responsible citizens.
There will be a time when I will no longer be with you
here. I look forward to my time in
heaven. Just remember this. When I get to heaven, I will be waiting for
you to get there too, and when you do, you can expect some great big hugs from
me. Grandma may get to you first
though. She’s much faster than me.
Much
love to you,
Grumps
