Contributed by Jessica Wright
After nearly three years involved in politics, I felt a need to retreat to my previous life where politics were not the main focus. Recently, I grew tired of politics, so whenever my husband told me what happened to the showdown between President Trump and the House, regarding building the wall, or how the house in our state hasn’t formed the majority party, I kindly reminded him that I need a break. I wasn’t sure how long I want to stay less involved in politics. However, I changed my mind after listening to a story this morning.
Our church teacher told us that she got a message on Facebook a few weeks ago. This message was from a girl she met when she served a church mission in Venezuela, twenty-something years ago. This person was a 16-year-old girl back then and is now married with two kids. She said her country was in such disarray that she left her country and fled to Colombia. She told her they suffered a great deal after their government got hijacked by the wrong group of people. In closing, she asked her to pray for her country. After the lesson, I told the teacher that I would pray for Venezuela, even though I’m also praying for our country and our state.
Even though we may be tired of the politics, we shall never forget the lesson that Venezuela taught us, that is – politics should not be overlooked nor ignored, for if we do, we will end up losing our freedom like Venezuela did. We are witnessing the Europeans, who are losing their battle because they allowed the progressives to take over their governments, and now their economy is withering, and their national security is weakened. Alaskans, this is the reason why politics should always be our number one priority and let us not forget.
