America - Consider what I, the Lord, has to say

"AMERICA"


July 4, 2015

¹⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

"America, I tell you that you have put your allegiance upon things of the past, for you have your heroes of the past.  You have those men and women who fought for your freedom, but where are they now?


Where are those that stood in the face of battle and fought against the enemy, your ancient foe?  For he still runs rampant among your streets.   That wily serpent has found his way into almost every corner of your lives.

He has found his way in the prejudice and racism that runs rampant in your land. He has found his way in the sexual perversions that have now manifested themselves.  He has found his way in the violence that strikes at the doors of many of the young and the old. 

Your shores once marked and paved the way for many of the downtrodden and the foreigner to find a new way of life and a new beginning, but now all they find is greed and dismay.

Be glad for the freedoms that you now have.  But if you would have looked to Me rather than to the patriotic acts of a few, then perhaps the disease wouldn't have spread so far.  

Brave acts of courage and vigilance once marked the ways of many of your people.  Once there was mercy and compassion shown to all but now  much of this is a thing of the past.  They are the dusty pages of an old book.  They were the pages that once were opened that were seen by all.  You could see it on the faces of the farmers and the men and women that worked the land.  You could see it on the factory workers and the teachers that filled their rooms with stories of bravery and courage.

Your stars and stripes stand for something.  They stand for something that once was.  They fly and encircle a land that was once united."

Stephen Hanson