It was late 2001, possibly early 2002, and I was part of a cohort of 30 or so students pursuing a degree in Higher Education. Class time often turned into open conversation on the topic at hand. We all got along well and it was really an ideal setting for discussion. I not only cannot remember the topic of the day but I can't even remember the class for we all travelled the same curriculum. I do remember this, I stood up and gave a little soliloquy with a strong caveat. Something ominous and terrible was happening in America. There was a divide occurring that was not normal politics. I could see it creeping in and feel it smothering our heritage as a God-fearing people.....but no one else could sense my alarm. Well that feeling proved correct.
I don't know if the word zeitgeist is the best to use here but there is a spirit of the times rising up today.... a fog... as warm vapors from the cesspools of our minds meets our calculating cold-heartedness that replaced love and respect for our fellow man. Such a spirit hates God and only dissipates when His light dispels the darkness. And that is the battle behind the world's and our nation's problems...light vs. darkness! The following post is almost four years old.
November 9, 2009
In the late 1950s America was transfixed by the phenomenon of the Hula Hoop. It would take something on the level of the iPhone to do that today. It was a simpler time, for all we had to worry about was megaton hydrogen bomb laden ballistic missiles being sent our way. We have since lost our moorings in America and our ship of state is drifting aimlessly amongst the shoals. Our moorings were tied to belief in and dependence upon God, and we were kept safe. We are not safe today. We are at the mercy of those who have no mercy. We cannot come to consensus on how to deal with those who walk among us and want to destroy us. We are so conflicted in our own national conscience that we often cannot even punish a serial killer. Yet.... Terror, thy name is Jesus and thy weapon is truth. We will make laws to protect us from you. We will isolate those whom you send to us. We will ban your book. You have disquieted us, your words upset us. We do not recognize your holiness. You are not our king. We will not pay you homage. You are not our God for there is no God. We were your slaves but now we are free. If you desire to live here, you will do our bidding. This is not the proclamation of everyone in America, not even of the majority but it is a proclamation that is placarded in our universities, and on the marquis of our theaters. It is the lapel pin on our business suits and hoisted up on our flagpoles but it is not buoyant and those who cling to it as the ship sinks beneath the raging waves will perish. Even as Gideon needed way-tokens, I need them also. I rejoice in my weakness for I see so clearly how a man's perceived strength without God is a pitiful state to be in.
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