by Tom Wacaster
History has taught us
emphatically that nations who turn their back on God are doomed to destruction.
But history is not authoritative, and in this case history is not the only
thing that teaches us the importance of moral and holy living on the part of her
citizens. "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to
any people" (Pro. 14:34). Our nation was born from the womb of a
deep respect for the Bible, and nurtured and reared on godly principles set
forth in the pages of Sacred Writ. The first century, while still in her youth,
she rose to great strength. But that strength was not because of her armies, or
her ingenuity. Her strength lie in her spiritual values and moral integrity.
Our leaders respected God. Justice was meted out fairly. Common
sense thinking was coupled with a knowledge of the Bible. "America
the Beautiful" described more than her purple mountain majesty, her amber
waves of grain, or the bountiful fruited plains. America was beautiful on
the inside. But prosperity that was earned by the early settlers came to
be expected by the "me" generation that followed World War II, and
the bountiful blessings providentially given to us by God came to be viewed as
the product of our own ingenuity and education. The Bible that once sat
on the desks of her noble leaders now sits on a shelf gathering dust, or in a
drawer tucked away with relics that no longer belong to an
"enlightened" generation. Honesty, integrity, and
responsibility have given way to greed, gain, and gusto. Corporate America
consists of her World Com companies and her Enron entities who know no limits
when it comes to building financial empires off the backs of those who helped
them in their climb to the top. "One nation under God" is now
offensive and unconstitutional, according to the West Coast liberal judges.
Prayer that once graced the lips of children in public schools, has been
replaced by pornographic access via the internet at the local library under the
guise of freedom of speech. Meanwhile pedophiles are following in the
steps of the homosexual community in demanding their right of access to young
boys and girls for their own sexual gratification and our Supreme Court has
ruled that virtual pornography (that pornography generated by computer images
rather than real people) is permissible under the 1st amendment of our
constitution. What has become of America? To ask is to answer.
A couple of years ago Judge Roy Moore, who was sued by the ACLU for displaying
the Ten Commandments in his courtroom, penned the following poem:
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
by Judge Roy Moore
America the Beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims'
pride, I'm glad they'll never see
Babies piled in
dumpsters, Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of
liberty, your house is built on sand.
Our children wander
aimlessly, poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge
their lusts, when God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of
God's love and a need to always pray.
So many worldly pastors
tell lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going
broke so they can fleece the flock.
We've kept God in our
temples, how callous we have grown,
When earth is but His
footstool and Heaven is His throne.
We've voted in a
government that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless
Judges who throw reason out the door,
Too soft to place a
killer in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill
a baby before he leaves the womb.
You think that God's not
angry that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He
wait before His judgment comes?
How are we to face our
God from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us
to do, but stem this evil tide?
If we who are His
children will humbly turn and pray,
Seek His holy face and
mend our evil way,
Then God will hear from
Heaven and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly
land and those who live within.
But America the
Beautiful if you don't, then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from thee.