So my fellow America, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. The So, Hey, it doesn't get more real than that. And speaking of real, that's actually a perfect segue

because we're about to get super real in this place.

Because we are talking about the divided states of America.

And do you guys mind if I just let you kind of in to my time with God the last couple of weeks?

I don't want to sound super holy.

But do you mind?

Is that okay?

Okay, thank you.

So if you would have told me, hey, JD, you're gonna be standing in front of a bunch of your friends that are your age, and you're gonna be speaking on the topic of racial reconciliation and the issue of racism in our culture today, a week before the election,

possibly one of the most important elections

in the history of our nation in 2020,

I would have actually called you insane.

Like insane.

And not only that, but that's not just lip service guys.

I would have ran for the hills and said,

no way, know how, you're not getting me up there because I to my core, if I'm being completely

honest, I have this internal struggle of this thing called people pleasing.

Ever heard of it?

Anyone out there? And I also have another struggle with this thing. thing when presented with the opportunity to talk about something that could potentially be so divisive and there are so many mixed opinions and there are so many different things that inform this conversation and let's not even, you know know forget the fact that I am also

white I'm a male I'm a Christian and there's a lot of different things that make me right from the bat

adhering the opportunity to share on this topic,

feel disqualified, feel insecure, feel like, you know, who am I to speak on this topic and I began to just to

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