One Nation Under God for Young and Old!
I am an American, who by the grace of God lives in the land of the free. I am proud of that fact, so I have been wearing a T-shirt this week-end that says, “One Nation Under God”, and then it has Ps. 33:12, which says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.”
I was walking through Wal-Mart today wearing my T-shirt, and a gentleman that was probably in his late 60’s or early 70’s stops me, and he thanks me for wearing the shirt. Then he looks me in the eyes with such a deep sincere look and says, “I like what it says very much.” I‘m guessing that he was probably a veteran of the Korean or Viet Nam war, and obviously a Christian. He looked at me with such conviction, & had such sincerity in his voice that I actually began to cry right there in the frozen food aisle of Wal-Mart.
Next, I was in line to pay out, and the lady paying out in front of me was telling the cashier to have a wonderful day, and a safe fourth. Then she adds with extra emphasis, “You have a blessed day – God bless!” The lady was probably in her late 70’s or early 80’s. I again was moved.
As I thought about what I had just experienced, I was moved by their openness, and respect for their God , and country. I began to wonder why seemingly most younger people seem to have no respect for either, and young people today certainly don’t seem to have any enthusiasm for God. Where did we go wrong? Is this why so many want to take ‘One nation under God’ out of our pledge?
Even our name as a citizen of America is trying to tell us something. Look at the word AMERICAN. I see several other words in the word American. I see the words, “me, I, am, & can.” I see the I AM that I AM which is the Christ in/of me. That is the real ME, the reality of me. I see the I CAN, which reminds me that I CAN do all things through Christ which strengthens me. So the real ME is the I AM that I AM, and I CAN do all things through this Christ (this I AM) that is in ME, giving me strength. This strength comes from the joy of the Lord, and the joy comes from being in His presence.
Wow! The word AMERICAN is filled with God’s Word.
I am proud to be a Christian American, and I love to be in His presence to find out just who I am.
I hope & pray that our young people will someday realize the importance of living in a country that has such great freedoms, and I hope & pray that they will have a love for their God, realize who they really are in Christ, and be thankful for a country that allows them to have such wonderful freedoms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “We cannot read the history of our rise, and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic.” Let us let freedom ring, and let God’s Word ring out from our hearts! Let’s be proud of our God, and let’s continue to have a God fearing nation! One nation under God.
WOW!!
You have done it again!!
Powerful!!
Connie
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