Opus 2025-326: To be, or not…

America has been, is, and hopefully long will be that great “city on a hill” that Governor John Winthrop  hoped it would be.  I’m not even going go recite that trite mantra about how we aren’t perfect.  Since no one is perfect, that’s just a silly excuse.  It’s an attempt to seem noble to the America haters.

Anyway, you want to slice it America is a shining city on a Hill.  As far as I know, it’s the only country in the world that people are seeking to get to because it’s such a great place to be.  There may be refugees fleeing to other countries because of persecution.  There are armies of Muslim infiltrators flooding into Europe with a desire to destroy it and bring it down.  Those people are after us too.  At the same time, there are those that look at us as the world’s last great hope.  When the communist and socialist try to tell us how wonderful it is in Sweden, they don’t call on Sweden to come and bail them out when things go south.  They look to America.

The stories of immigrants coming wanting to become Americans and live the American dream are numerous and available if you look for them.  Of course, our educational system and government coerced media ignore those stories and emphasize the criminal darkside established and reinforced by the left, but the stories are still there.  The reality is still there.  America is a place where you can come, start with almost nothing, and with hard work find success for you and your children.

You won’t find me out in the street, shouting and waving my flag as I walk back-and-forth.  That’s not how I respond to life.  I could be at a World Series game with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the third with Willie Mays coming to bed, and still sit there calmly, nodding my head and smiling.  That’s who I am.  Outwardly, I am smiling, maybe, but relatively calm.  Inwardly, I am shouting, “Glory.”

I like those buttons that young Christians used to wear that had a group an acronym and what the words meant were “Please be patient. God is not finished with me yet.”  I think we may be need to put one of those buttons on the Statue of Liberty.  I’m sure we need to put those in the hearts of all Americans.

Let’s pray that our best days are still ahead.  Much of that will depend upon us and whether we follow God’s lead toward righteousness, or fall into the trap of materialism.

Let the people shout, “Glory!”

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