God Bless America!
By: Ivie Powell
Shocking! Brutal! Disgraceful! Anger! Vengeance! Terrifying! These and a host of other words describe America's public psyche. Every person in this country has been affected by the events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Truly a day of infamy! The number of dead and survivors has, of this writing (September 12), not yet been totaled. As President Bush stated, this is "a monumental struggle of good versus evil."
This country was founded upon Christian principles. That which has made her so great is her belief and trust in God and Christ. The ACLU (which is a misnomer even in its name) along with other liberal groups, have tried their best to destroy God and Christianity in America. By the way, you haven't seen any of them on television upholding burning the American Flag or objecting to prayer, have you?! And while God, prayer and the Bible have been removed from our schools, they have not been removed from our hearts! The Psalmist declared, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance" (Psalms 33:12).
As it was said of Israel, so it can be said whenever a nation abandons God and His Son, Jesus Christ, "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind" (Hosea 8:7). Again, He said, "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help" (Hosea 13:9).
It is time for America to take back that which this country was founded upon - God, Christ, and His inspired Scriptures! Those who would try to destroy us by hiding behind the Constitution, thus "biting the hand that feeds them" need to immediately be sent packing!
Though Deuteronomy 4:7 was not written for America, it certainly has application to her. "For what nation is so great, who hath God so nigh to them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?"
Let's continue to pray for President Bush and all those who have the rule over us, "...that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty" (2 Timothy 2:2). God bless America!