Tuesday, July 02, 2013
God Blessed America
The
wind was gusty, but you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. It was 90 degrees in New England, the sky was
blue, and we were standing on a grassy knoll in the shadow of a massive
monument just a few blocks inland from Plymouth Rock. The National Monument sits on 10 acres. It is the world's largest
granite monument and the third tallest statue in the United States. Yet, few if any of our group had ever visited
the site. So a good number of us had driven several hours so we could gather at
this special site to pray for God to Bless America.
I
learned about "The Monument to our Forefathers" from Kirk Cameron who
produced a documentary called "Monumental", in which he researches
the history of the Pilgrims and then features the monument and its symbolism.
In the film he shares this opinion: "America is the richest, freest nation
the world has ever seen. But as a father of six, I look around and all signs
tell me something is sick in the soul of our country. And history tells me that we're headed for
disaster if we don't change our course now."
The
massive monument, which took thirty years to build and was dedicated in 1989, now
belongs to Massachusetts, and illustrates how America was founded on the
principles of morality, education, law and liberty. In the stone are carved
words like, peace, evangelist, mercy, justice,
and faith. It includes symbols such as the Bible and the ten commandments. It
is an 180 ton testimony against the fallacious claims that our country was not
founded on Christian principles.
America
became the world's most prosperous and powerful nation, not because the people
were better, but because the foundation was sound. For centuries we served as a beacon of liberty
to the world. Unfortunately, because of stubbornness and rebellion against
God, we have slipped from our foundation. As a result we are seeing increased
ramifications such as political corruption, fiscal calamity, family breakdown
and social unrest. God has blessed America, but because we, as a nation, banned God from government and education we
have begun to forfeit our place in the world and may have even jeopardized our
survival.
So,
as we gathered on that beautiful day, we repented for America and prayed for
restoration of morality, mercy and justice as defined by God. Of course we realize that God stands
perpetually poised to pour out His blessings on any nation that will adopt His
ways. But, since He has limited His
power by giving man free will, the real logjam is in the hearts and minds of
people. We prayed that Americans, and
people of every nation would chose to live by the foundational principles our
forefathers lived by, so that their families and communities and nations might
reap the many benefits.
God has blessed America. God will bless America, in direct correspondence to how much America blesses God.
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