A Christian Nation

It is becoming more and more apparent to me that this nation, founded on Christian values and morals; this nation that was once called a Christian nation, can no longer be referred to as such. I have been watching and listening for some time now the different movements in our culture. These movements are political, cultural, even theological, and they can be a little startling! My first response is to get angry! How in the world can these people be so naive, so ignorant as to what is right and what is wrong. I don't think that I am the only person that has these feelings! I praise God the he is sovereign! The correct way for me to feel about these movements and changes in the way our society thinks is to respond with love. I know that my flesh is not able to love them. This love has to be supernatural! It has to be a love that my Heavenly Father instills in me. I will do my best, by God's grace, to love them and I pray that you will too.

I was reading in Romans 1 the other day and it struck me that this section of scripture describes America. I realize that Paul is speaking to the Romans here but I cannot help but see some similarities! I will share it with you. It is Romans 1:18-32-

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Our nation seems to be falling apart. Our world too for that matter. Yet here I sit. I am convicted. The Lord says "Go and make disciples of all nations." The Lord asks "Who can I send?" Like Isaiah, I will say "Here I am send me." Help me Father to have a heart for the lost, help me to love them as you do. Help me to go to them and share your beautiful gospel. Help me to keep the cross ever in front of my face. You and You alone. Please help me to be faithful. Help me to understand your gospel better. Make me more like your Blessed Son every day. Now to him who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (1 Tim 6:15b & 16)