Let me tell you about the good ol' days in America when there was genuine happiness across the land, when there was abundant peace and prosperity from sea to shining sea.
Let me tell you about the good ol' days when children could walk to school without the fear of being kidnapped, when churches had no locks, and when we could leave the keys to our cars in our cars.
Let me tell you about the good ol' days when homes were happy homes, when the family meal was a time of gladness, when we were thrilled to see the rising of the sun, and when we found comfort in sitting on the porch at evening to see the stars appear in the night.
But take a look at us now.
---We lock our homes, lock churches, lock cars---and take the keys with us.
---Our nation's debt is over $17,000,000,000 and climbing daily.
---Cities are going bankrupt.
---Companies are going out of business.
---Manufacturing is at its lowest level since the Great Depression years of the 1930s.
---Unemployment is at all-time high and climbing daily, it is virtually impossible for a person to launch a new company, and children are confused about the definition of "family".
The wounds of our nation are self-inflicted, and it would be wise if Americans stopped living in the delusion that our nation is going to heal itself. While our nation's leaders constantly strive for peace in the Middle East, there is little peace here at home as families are struggling to survive. And while our nation's leaders are unable to fix our own problems, they offer solutions to lands across oceans as if the whole world needs our leadership.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matthew 2: 1-2)
In the good ol' days, people came to America to be able to worship God freely.
In the good ol' days, "IN GOD WE TRUST" to Americans meant what it said. Today, however, who is the god that Americans trust?
Has our nation become as it was in the days of Herod the king?
Do the days of our past look better than the days of our future?
Let me tell you about the good ol' days when children could walk to school without the fear of being kidnapped, when churches had no locks, and when we could leave the keys to our cars in our cars.
Let me tell you about the good ol' days when homes were happy homes, when the family meal was a time of gladness, when we were thrilled to see the rising of the sun, and when we found comfort in sitting on the porch at evening to see the stars appear in the night.
But take a look at us now.
---We lock our homes, lock churches, lock cars---and take the keys with us.
---Our nation's debt is over $17,000,000,000 and climbing daily.
---Cities are going bankrupt.
---Companies are going out of business.
---Manufacturing is at its lowest level since the Great Depression years of the 1930s.
---Unemployment is at all-time high and climbing daily, it is virtually impossible for a person to launch a new company, and children are confused about the definition of "family".
The wounds of our nation are self-inflicted, and it would be wise if Americans stopped living in the delusion that our nation is going to heal itself. While our nation's leaders constantly strive for peace in the Middle East, there is little peace here at home as families are struggling to survive. And while our nation's leaders are unable to fix our own problems, they offer solutions to lands across oceans as if the whole world needs our leadership.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matthew 2: 1-2)
In the good ol' days, people came to America to be able to worship God freely.
In the good ol' days, "IN GOD WE TRUST" to Americans meant what it said. Today, however, who is the god that Americans trust?
Has our nation become as it was in the days of Herod the king?
Do the days of our past look better than the days of our future?
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