Let's Avoid the Train Wreck

A scan at our landscape suggests nature is getting ready for a long slumber. All plants and trees appear tired and weary. Many that were virbrant just a mere month ago, stand slumped with heads hung low. They are ready to give it up.

I think that happens to many in the process of life. It may be life itself or perhaps some task or project one is involved in. The time of fight is over and the one involved gives it up. Let it die, is the motto. This often happens when one has fought for a particular goal for a long time. I'm thinking of the fight to make abortion illegal. Many people have fought tirelessly for the right in that regard. We, Protestants, can thank our Catholic brothers and sisters for taking an active role in that fight. Others fight for what they feel is right in the arena of politics. When we look around us and see what is happening in our nation with the influx of peoples that serve another God, we sit in our homes and shudder. I am beginning to see that rights happen for some while for others fighting for the same rights are defeated. I know that the chaplains in our military are feeling great pressure to refrain from praying in the name of Jesus. At the same time, Islams are being given the right to teach their children hate and violence in their schools located right in our backyards. Something is wrong in our nation. I wonder if we are falling apart at the seams.

We see violence all around us in our existing society. Many feel unsafe and threatened in our neighborhoods and school. Why is this happening? I suppose there are many reasons but I feel strongly that violence and unrest and disfunction have greatly increased since we have taken God out of our schools. This trend is continuing in other areas of public life. The Indiana goverment has done away with a chaplain because that body made it unlawful to pray in Jesus name any longer. This in a state that is made up of many people who practice Christianity.

When I look at all the challenges, my first response is to give up. Let it die, whatever it is, I can't seem to do anything about it. I am powerless to change the direction of the train which is headed for a violent wreck. I am tired of watching it deteriorate. Then I take a deep breath and allow the truth of Spirit to rise in me. God is still in control. I may not be powerful enough to change the wrong to right, but I can pray and ask God to forgive our land and to heal it. The USA was a nation founded on the truths of God. If you don't believe that I invite you to visit Philadelphia's historic section and read about it. We may have forgotten to ask His continued participation but we can start now. I encourage you to join me in prayer for justice in our land and continuance of freedom.