"One Nation Under God..." Say it!

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (1 Corinthians 8:5-6 NIV)

I'm a social media junky. I love staying in touch with family, people that think the same as I do, and hearing opposing points of view. That's America! We are free to disagree, we do it without guns and civil war. We don't need a separate homeland for democrats and republicans. We are one nation. We are not perfect, but we do stand above the rest. We lookout for the weak, the minority, and the mistreated. We are one nation, but I'm worried about Gods place in the USA. 

Last night I was on Facebook, today is Independence Day, and I have seen many great posts celebrating our nation. One post caught my eye. It was Red Skelton, reading the Pledge of Allegiance. He stopped throughout to explain each word. It was awesome. Then he got to the part about being One Nation UNDER GOD! He left this part out. It may be the most important line in the entire pledge. Why are people so against even saying, God? It pains me that we so blatantly remove God from our country. Without God we are in severe trouble. I am worried. A Godless society will quickly deteriorate to a lawless society where anything goes. Chaos will result. 

It is the 4th of July. We must be thankful for the country God has provided. We need to be in constant prayer for our Nation, our leaders, and our defenders. We need to ask God to continue to bless us. Give us a heart to spread freedom through Christ. As Christians we must fight, yes fight, to keep God in the center of our country. You can't sit the fence on this one. You are either for or against him! You need to take that fight to the nation and don't ask down until we get God in the center of the USA!

USA! USA! USA!

Romans 13

Submission to Governing Authorities

 ¹ Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. ² Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. ³ For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. ⁴ For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. ⁵ Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

 ⁶ This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.⁷ Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

The political season is heating up and as usual it's getting ugly. We are so mean to each other. I don't know how this got to be so popular. It polarizes our nation and after the election we always have hurt feelings. Then stubbornness sets in and then gridlock. Compromise? You never find it any more. We can't seem to get along unless a crisis occurs. 911 is a great example of that. But, recently even a crisis isn't a good enough reason to come together. Now we just argue about money, taxes, debt, entitlements, social issues, morality and a multitude of other minor squabbles. To outsiders it might appear that we hate our country. 

Well, I'm here to tell you I LOVE MY COUNTRY! I love what we stand for. I love our institutions and all our internal bickering. What other country do you know that doesn't resort to bloodshed to solve big issues? If other countries were facing the financial crisis that we are, or the downfall of our financial institutions a few years ago, they would have resorted to violence. We fight, we debate, we argue, and I wouldn't live anywhere else but here. We disagree with our elected officials, we get upset when they let us down. But, we don't go out and shoot them, we elect someone else. We have peaceful transitions between our political parties and we move on regardless if we agree or disagree with the ones in power. I don't care what people might say, Our country is endowed by God. Now, are we prefect? Nope. Governments are made of sinful people. ALL PEOPLE HAVE SINNED and fall short. Our government, run by people, is no different. But, it is the best and I love it! 

Thank You Lord for the wonderful gift to live in this country. We are blessed! May we never forget that the authority you have given them, over us, is real, it is divine, and we are to respect it. Praise God for the USA!