Today is the 4th of July and we are celebrating it in the US for the first time in 2 years. Last night we went to a party at a neighbor's house and were entertained by a brilliant display of fire works despite the constant rain. What seemed odd to us was the lack of patriotic music for the display, just lots of classic rock songs. At one point the sound system was not working properly and a group of people started singing "God Bless America" to the continuing firework display. It felt much more fitting to celebrate this special holiday by singing a song that honor's God and acknowledges His hand upon this nation.
After living overseas I now truly appreciate the freedom that this country has. I can now also say that I am tired of hearing people bash God and His roll in the founding of this great nation. With every year I feel our country is taking a step further away from what He called us to be. We heard an excellent sermon today at Christ Fellowship Church which encouraged us to seek the truth and take a stand when it comes to our beliefs and this nation. As I see the results of taking prayer out of schools (increased crime and now metal detectors) and even the pledge to our flag for fear of "offending" a teacher, I realize our shortcoming as a nation is a need to "tolerate" others without really standing up for what is right and what is true. As Psalm 11:3 says 'If our foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
The pastor pointed out that many lies have been spread about of founding fathers being unreligious or Deists at best. People forget that the Bible was used to draft our constitution and the term "separation of church and state" is nowhere in our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence or any other document associated with the founding of our government and nation. It was merely written in a personal letter from Jefferson to reassure a friend that there would be no state-sponsored religion as there had been in England.
All of this to say that our forefathers never intended for God to not be a part of this nation. To me that is what has made the United States the greatest nation on earth. It is impossible for me to not tear up and thank God personally when I hear our nation's anthem and when I see a soldier solute the flag. It is impossible for me to keep my mouth shut when I hear someone say that we should not make our children learn the pledge at school or that we should not be able to pray in school because of "separation of church and state". That is a lie and we should, no we must, let the truth be known. No more changing our history and teaching a more PC version to our kids so that people can convince us our history is not that of a Christian nation. We are a Christian nation and the moment we allow ourselves to believe otherwise is the moment we lose the blessing of our Heavenly Father.
I am proud to be an American Christian and I say "Let Freedom Ring!"
2 comments:
Hey, I wish we could have hung out with you guys on the 4th. We miss you, Ken and your chilrens. We'll see you sometime when we are on STAS. By the way, it was 130 degrees in Quito not too long ago.
130 degrees in Quito?! Where was this, on top of Pichincha during a high level of volcanic activity? At least it was a "dry" heat.
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