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When last have you looked at a quarter? I’m examining one right now. It was struck in 1976. The numbers count important years. Years since visionaries founded this nation. Years since a man in Galilee revolutionized earth’s history by the power of ideas. I note the head of a leader with a very odd haircut. I hope that’s a wig I’m looking at! He must have been very important because many states have a town named after him. Around here he did a lot of sleeping in numerous places. As a new immigrant I learn that he and the founders of our nation led a rebellion. It was a war of independence against the super power of the day. Their victory was founded on ideas. Two of them are on the face of the coin. One in bold and the other in fine print. They are concepts that cannot be safely separated. Read them again. This country was founded on beliefs that originated in the Bible. I observe much unconstitutional tinkering with those ideas these days. The education community is telling students that its "scientific" to believe in unintelligent, evolutionary cause for life. But our United States constitution holds that we are created. How can a theory based on survival of the fittest propagate the moral tenderness to care for the weakest with compassion? We want kids to behave morally but we have gone soft on what it means to put our trust in God. The new message is "we can have morals without a moral law giver." Even one of Christianity’s greatest critics, the German philosopher Nietzsche, said: "When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one’s feet. This morality is by no means self evident."
There is no safe liberty without national trust in God. Ideas can be great until they get into people. Here’s an example: Consider "Neighborliness." The Cannibal’s idea of liberty is "Tell my neighbor to let me eat him." To the real Christian liberty means "tell my neighbor that I love her." I fear that a new generation of Americans arose to whom liberty means: "tell my neighbor to leave me alone!" A society that undermines its own founding ideas is in trouble. It’s not too late though. Reader, take a decision. Join the ranks of the American Revolutionaries. Become a true patriot. Understand that internal harmony between the ideas "love for God" and "love for country" are the way to be safely American. The Bible includes an inquiry by God: "How can you say that you love me but don’t do what I tell you" You can say In God We Trust, but refuse to live by His commands. That is exploitation of the love of God without fear of the justice and holiness of our Heavenly Father. Trust in God carries with it a willingness to live life the way scripture dictates. Liberty amidst lawlessness is a delusion. It will be short-lived. Either dump the national motto or live by it. Tell people we don’t
need it any more or embrace it with all your heart. Please stop upholding
this noble idea only when it’s convenient. If you believe in it ask your
school to display it in the classroom. Tell your kids at home why it’s on
our money. Behave in your business transactions as if it matters. These
will show you how much you really trust in God. |