"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?.....And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness."
There are days I sit watching the news, practically dumbfounded by what I see.
America...the very name once stood for all that was just, right, and free in this world. She was the haven to which generations of oppressed, persecuted, and outcast souls came for safety and peace. America was hope and propserity for those willing to work. Millions upon millions fled war, dictatorship, famine and imprisonment to America's democracy, freedom and comforts. The US Constitution guaranteed a government created "of the people, by the people, for the people", with all the rights to life and liberty they had been denied in their own homelands.
Where is She, our beloved America, now? I was taught to be proud of my Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. I'm having trouble finding much of Her around anymore. Millions still come here; some come for all the same reasons, but the majority of others come looking not for a dream, but a free ride. Caring nothing for ourheritage, our laws or our pride, they expect our citizens to pay for their laziness and illegal activities. In fact, in many cases, they demand it as their right. Declaring their right to practice faith freely, some enter our gates demanding that Christians bow to their foreign and false faith in the name of "tolerance".
Our own government is working against its people. Taxes are imposed on a whim, on false data posing as "scientific evidence", or simply because some legislator wants to flex muscle. Our economy, the free enterprise system and business competition that made our country a leader in the world is systematically demonized and destroyed by those who seek to make us just another third-world generic country.
In short, our precious America is dying before our eyes. And, before you think I am laying blame at the feet of illegal immigrants, non-Christians, or corrupt politicians, let me be perfectly clear: it's my fault. And yours. Apparently, we haven't gotten angry enough. We haven't screamed loudly enough, we haven't gotten the attention of our government and made the powerful hear us. I was angry to the point of tears hearing that man in the White House on the Gulf oil spill. His lies no longer surprise me, I've become accustomed to the fact that he is incapable of telling the truth about anything. I was angry that no one appears to be standing up to him. It seems to me that we have just given up. I saw that a conservative organization in Iowa has decided to "sit out" the November election process because their candidates didn't win in the primaries. Yeah, folks, let's all just sit it out. That'll show 'em. In fact, the primaries thus far have not shown a very clear indication that there will be much change at all come November. We have simply thrown up our hands, thrown in the towel, and thrown our support to evil, deceit, liberalism and destruction.
To paraphrase Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." My "nothing" phase is over. From now on, I will cry out against whatever I feel is evil or wrong in my Land. I am not a violent person; but I can put up a fight with my voice, my writing, and my vote. I resolve that I will not throw this country away; I will not let my freedom go; I will not stand idly and silently by as others try to take it from me. My trust is not in my leaders, their empty words, or my own power. I stand on the Solid Rock, greater than all person, principalities, or powers, and through Him I have been granted the privilege of living in America, Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave. I pray my children will remember me one day as one of the proud, free and brave.
God Bless America!
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