One Nation Under God
I have written this post no less than 10 times. Emotion runs too deep for me articulate myself with honesty and with control.
9/11 should never be forgotten.
Nor should our soldiers who continue to fight a battle we have no business being in.
The death toll continues to rise as we as a nation allow our troops to continue to engage in wars in the name of venegance masked as a search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, or with the arrogant ambition of bringing democracy to other nations and cultures.
We sing "God Bless America" and then send our brothers and sisters into battle. We forbid our children to pray in school, go to court to remove the words "Under God" from our pledge, ban the ten commandments from public buildings and then BEG God to come save us from terrorists. God bless a nation full of a vengeful spirit. God bless Americans as we bomb, shoot, kill, maim and even torture people. If we believe women and children, innocent men and women have not died because of our weapons we are sadly mistaken. But God bless us anyway.
God does bless America. But we must turn our hearts towards Him. We must embrace this world He has given to us. We must LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS. We must DO UNTO OTHERS AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE TO US. We must honor our Fathers and our Mothers, including our Holy Father.
As we remember September 11, 2001, as we remember Hurricane Katrina, let us also remember our God has never left us, no matter how many times we have tried to leave Him. Let us remember He is a forgiving God. Let us remember He is not a vengeful God. Let us remember we are not worthy of His love, but He gives it to us anyway.
We were created in His image. It's about time we started to act like it.
9/11 should never be forgotten.
Nor should our soldiers who continue to fight a battle we have no business being in.
The death toll continues to rise as we as a nation allow our troops to continue to engage in wars in the name of venegance masked as a search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, or with the arrogant ambition of bringing democracy to other nations and cultures.
We sing "God Bless America" and then send our brothers and sisters into battle. We forbid our children to pray in school, go to court to remove the words "Under God" from our pledge, ban the ten commandments from public buildings and then BEG God to come save us from terrorists. God bless a nation full of a vengeful spirit. God bless Americans as we bomb, shoot, kill, maim and even torture people. If we believe women and children, innocent men and women have not died because of our weapons we are sadly mistaken. But God bless us anyway.
God does bless America. But we must turn our hearts towards Him. We must embrace this world He has given to us. We must LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS. We must DO UNTO OTHERS AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE TO US. We must honor our Fathers and our Mothers, including our Holy Father.
As we remember September 11, 2001, as we remember Hurricane Katrina, let us also remember our God has never left us, no matter how many times we have tried to leave Him. Let us remember He is a forgiving God. Let us remember He is not a vengeful God. Let us remember we are not worthy of His love, but He gives it to us anyway.
We were created in His image. It's about time we started to act like it.
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