A Second Letter To America

By Dale V. Nobbman

 

Dear United States of America,

Hello, it's me again, a Christian American citizen. How are you doing today? I thought I’d better check up on you again, because it's obvious your condition is not getting any better, and according to most reliable sources your status is actually worsening. I pray though you are still putting up a good fight to keep from succumbing to your potentially fatal problems. I still cannot understand why you have allowed yourself to become 'sick' in so many ways, including morally, spiritually, and financially. I certainly must admit though I have noticed an alarming change in you from the America I grew up with a number of years past, but even more so just since my last letter to you not long ago.  Oh I know you put on a smiley face whenever possible for the cameras and press corp, in order for them to give favorable reports on your condition to us, the general public. Why even your stock market 'pulse' is deceivingly strong right now!  I guess if all of us citizens would just be satisfied to 'drink the cool-aid' and 'feed on the mind altering baloney' your current president and mainstream liberal media serves up to us on a daily basis, you just might have us 'all' fooled.  But for those of us citizens who still read the Bible, trust in God, believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and still have functional 'senses' and Godly wisdom, it's impossible for you to hide the increasing symtoms of national 'cancer' spreading everywhere from coast to coast...matastisizing itself dramatically just since your last national election a few months ago.

As a patriotic Christian American citizen, I know I used to be one of your best friends, but now I guess I'm more of just a 'thorn in your side' trying to prevent you from enjoying unbridled and unabashed sin, as well as conducting your 'liberty stripping' activities without feeling guilty. But I just can't help remember how all of your friends used to call you “America the Beautiful” and still others “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” Ah yes, you were once 'the shining city upon the hill', an example for the rest of the world to try and emulate, but not so much anymore.  You know I can’t recall anyone generally referring to you in those loving terms for a long time now, as it seems your progressive illness has led to a portion of your original qualities and appeal, as established by your founding fathers, having become severely diminished over the recent years. I really don’t know why that should be the case, because you’ve always had a strong Constitution, up until now anyway, to sustain you through all the trials and tribulations you’ve encountered over the years. So why are you faltering now? Could it be at least in part the result of all the Constitution trampling political leaders, lawmakers, and courts stomping daily on the Godly heart of this once great nation?

O beautiful for spacious skies, I remember how God once shed His grace on thee. You remember that don’t you? I don’t know how you could ever forget it, considering the number of blessings our Creator God has allowed you to receive and bestow upon others over the years. It’s just that I haven’t heard you give much thanks to God in return lately, which seems very strange to me and has raised my level of concern for you, because the America I remember in your stronger days always gave thanks to God. I can remember ever so well how you used to "praise the power that hath made and preserved us as a nation,” and how you would declare that “all glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.” I also remember how good it made me feel when you would break forth and sing to the author of our liberty, the God of our Fathers. It seems like just yesterday you were asking God to “mend thy every flaw,” and that “protecting us by Thy might Great God our King” was your daily prayer. Those were really good days, weren’t they? Things were going pretty well then. Whatever happened? I never thought I would see you so morally and socially 'sick' as you are now.  I'm sure it doesn't help that you spend a great deal of your time watching either violent, pornographic, or other assorted 'trash' on television, in the movies, on the Internet, and in video games.  Have you ever really taken the time to consider the ramifications of your so-called 'entertainment industry' spewing their mind numbing 'garbage' into the minds and hearts of your young people? And on top of that, your attempt to legitimatize the sexually deviant and perverted behavior of a few 'lost' souls and then dump it upon your society at large will most certainly not help you in ever getting God to heal your land.  You may recall that God 'hates' such activity. So, as long as these above mentioned activities and many other un-Godly practices continue to be encouraged and promoted with increasing frequency and intensity, I'm afraid you will only get sicker and sicker America.  Have you forgotten that Jesus Christ is the 'Great Physician'? Dear America, why are you slamming the door in His face to prevent Him from healing everything that seriously troubles you?  He's knocking at the door, willing and able to heal you, to forgive your sins, and restore you to the healthy vitality you once knew, but you have to get off your potential death bed and open the door from within to ask Him back into your land in order to reverse your terminal illness.

Perhaps you will never fully understand how you changed my life and thrilled my heart when you declared to me in bygone years that “mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” and “in the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, with a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.” With faith like that anyone in the world couldn’t help but see how you had become one nation under God. Oh 'say can't you see' how far off course you have strayed from your original beliefs and affirmation in God’s guiding hand upon you? Yes it's true, you still call yourself the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” and you still proclaim that “in God we trust”, so how could there be any doubt in where your faith lies? Well, unfortunately, the current problems you are facing seem to be from your lack of faith in the Father of Liberty. I will continue to pray that those of us who really love you will once again be able to experience your true and unfaltering faith in God, although it now appears to many of us citizens that you have blatantly turned your back on God’s divine leadership in most all matters at this present time. A couple things I do know for sure, we’ve been friends a long time and I know that God still loves you as He did in the beginning, when He gave you the blessed name of the United States of America.

Well, I guess I’ll close for now. I know you are growing weaker and weaker, and need all the strength you can muster to collect your thoughts and ponder your recent actions and activities, and decide how to potentially correct them, but please know that I will not stop praying for you in the days ahead. I want you to get well real soon, and remember, I’m here if you need me, as well as many more citizens like me. God our Father is waiting to hear from you too, and you can reach Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. I am confident you will begin to feel so much better if you will just reconnect with God. And once that happens, then 'we the people' can continue to sing “My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty,” and proudly continue to fly the star-spangled banner with its stars and stripes for a long, long time to come!

 

Your Friend,

 A Patriotic Christian American Citizen