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Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
An Open Letter to My America in a time of trouble.
God has truly placed His grace upon us as a nation.
One the most popular sports today is attacking America. Many people castigate the U.S. regularly, spewing hate-filled epithets about our nation. The problem is, the leading America-haters are American citizens. We have so much to be thankful for, yet so many of us strive to dwell upon the negative.
Many politicians say that America is hated around the world, but they are wrong. In spite of efforts to foster hatred for America in other nations, most people of the world still love America and long to live here in freedom. As one who travels regularly to foreign countries, I can state factually that nearly everyone I meet in foreign countries want to come to America. A few despotic leaders hate America, mostly out of envy, but most foreign people love the U.S.
When the tsunami hit Asia in 2005, many victims in nations such as Sri Lanka told me that they knew that America would be the first and foremost to come to their aid. Countries know that the nation most likely to free them from a dictatorial, evil regime without installing their own government, is America. When disaster strikes anywhere in the world, the victims can count on America responding first.
Some Americans accuse our soldiers of being as bad as terrorists who cut off the heads of innocent victims. They somehow believe that parading a prisoner on a leash or placing underwear on his head is the equivalent of beheading him. The renegade soldiers who perpetrated the acts are serving time in jail. Yet our enemies pick up the chant that our soldiers torture prisoners. Terrorist lies of U.S. guards flushing a Koran down the toilet in the Gitmo were exposed, yet many Americans still site it as factual proof of our abuse of prisoners.
America is filled with human beings who are sinful, but have a legacy of belief in the one true God, and, therefore, are forgiven human beings. We fail to love each other as we have been commanded, and we resort to all manner of evil as do all human beings. But, we believe that God has placed His providence upon this nation in ways never previously known to mankind.
Life in America is the desire of most people in the world because of our freedom and prosperity. Most of the major technological advances began or were greatly improved in America and by Americans. Most advances in medicine, industry, water and food quality, etc. can be attributed to Americans.
Many people label America as imperialist. America has never sought to build an empire. When we have conquered other nations (as we did Germany and Japan), we re-built them and handed them back to those whom we vanquished. America is the only super power in history to give foreign aid to nations that declare themselves our enemies.
America is powerful because we serve a powerful God who loves us in spite of our rebellion against Him. We have removed Him from the public place, yet our judicial halls adorned with His Ten Commandments, and we open sessions with prayer. God loves us, even in our confusion.
The Bible says, in Psalms 33:12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…”. According to surveys, around 85% of Americans consider themselves to be Christians. Many of those in political positions declare their Christianity. I believe that, in His love for us, God continues to bless our nation.
The U.S.S.R., by contrast, took a national stance that embraced atheism, and declared that God was dead. The U.S.S.R. is no longer on the map, and has broken into many individual nation-states. Perhaps God decided to make a declaration of His own; that the U.S.S.R. is dead.
Michael Moore’s recent movie depicts Cuba’s nationalized health as superior to our system. It is not, but, even if it were, what good is free medical care if the people are not free? Americans are not heading out in rickety boats to get to Cuba. With all her faults, America is still the envy of all nations. As a Black American, I thank the Lord that He chose America as my birth place, and I shudder to think what my life would be like otherwise.
God has truly placed His grace upon us as a nation.
One the most popular sports today is attacking America. Many people castigate the U.S. regularly, spewing hate-filled epithets about our nation. The problem is, the leading America-haters are American citizens. We have so much to be thankful for, yet so many of us strive to dwell upon the negative.
Many politicians say that America is hated around the world, but they are wrong. In spite of efforts to foster hatred for America in other nations, most people of the world still love America and long to live here in freedom. As one who travels regularly to foreign countries, I can state factually that nearly everyone I meet in foreign countries want to come to America. A few despotic leaders hate America, mostly out of envy, but most foreign people love the U.S.
When the tsunami hit Asia in 2005, many victims in nations such as Sri Lanka told me that they knew that America would be the first and foremost to come to their aid. Countries know that the nation most likely to free them from a dictatorial, evil regime without installing their own government, is America. When disaster strikes anywhere in the world, the victims can count on America responding first.
Some Americans accuse our soldiers of being as bad as terrorists who cut off the heads of innocent victims. They somehow believe that parading a prisoner on a leash or placing underwear on his head is the equivalent of beheading him. The renegade soldiers who perpetrated the acts are serving time in jail. Yet our enemies pick up the chant that our soldiers torture prisoners. Terrorist lies of U.S. guards flushing a Koran down the toilet in the Gitmo were exposed, yet many Americans still site it as factual proof of our abuse of prisoners.
America is filled with human beings who are sinful, but have a legacy of belief in the one true God, and, therefore, are forgiven human beings. We fail to love each other as we have been commanded, and we resort to all manner of evil as do all human beings. But, we believe that God has placed His providence upon this nation in ways never previously known to mankind.
Life in America is the desire of most people in the world because of our freedom and prosperity. Most of the major technological advances began or were greatly improved in America and by Americans. Most advances in medicine, industry, water and food quality, etc. can be attributed to Americans.
Many people label America as imperialist. America has never sought to build an empire. When we have conquered other nations (as we did Germany and Japan), we re-built them and handed them back to those whom we vanquished. America is the only super power in history to give foreign aid to nations that declare themselves our enemies.
America is powerful because we serve a powerful God who loves us in spite of our rebellion against Him. We have removed Him from the public place, yet our judicial halls adorned with His Ten Commandments, and we open sessions with prayer. God loves us, even in our confusion.
The Bible says, in Psalms 33:12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…”. According to surveys, around 85% of Americans consider themselves to be Christians. Many of those in political positions declare their Christianity. I believe that, in His love for us, God continues to bless our nation.
The U.S.S.R., by contrast, took a national stance that embraced atheism, and declared that God was dead. The U.S.S.R. is no longer on the map, and has broken into many individual nation-states. Perhaps God decided to make a declaration of His own; that the U.S.S.R. is dead.
Michael Moore’s recent movie depicts Cuba’s nationalized health as superior to our system. It is not, but, even if it were, what good is free medical care if the people are not free? Americans are not heading out in rickety boats to get to Cuba. With all her faults, America is still the envy of all nations. As a Black American, I thank the Lord that He chose America as my birth place, and I shudder to think what my life would be like otherwise.
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