About Face, America...

In the story of the Exodus of God’s chosen people, we see them forsake God and turn away from him time and time again. One of the worst examples occurs while Moses is atop Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments. The people are certain that Moses has deserted them and they petition Aaron to make them new gods to go before them.

Aaron obliges their sinful desires and when Moses returns, God delivers His verdict regarding their worship of the golden calf, “And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now, therefore, let me alone that my wrath may burn hot against them that I may consume them.” Exodus 32: 9-10

I believe that we in America have reached that same position as the Israelites did in the scripture above ….and that God’s patience has reached the breaking point with us. We have been given so much; blessed beyond measure with the goodness and favor as “one nation under God”….but that time of God’s favor and blessing upon our great country is coming to an abrupt end as His anger burns hotter and hotter due to our “turning away” from Him.

My wife sent me an email yesterday that had the following poem from a 15 year-old teenager from Arizona attached. After I had finished reading it, I wept openly and begged God to forgive us for our failure to stand as a beacon of light in this dark and devil-infested world.

The America that is portrayed in this teenager’s poem is the America we have left our children…. and WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED…...I know I am!!!!! Let's once again commit to stand for the one true God in today's anti-God culture. The youth of America are still looking at us and asking, "If God doesn't matter to my Mom and Dad, why should He matter to me?"

As our children across America return to their appointed schools this week, I beg you to pray for our children, their schools, the teachers and administrators and for each of us....May we speak the name of Jesus proudly and WALK THE WALK AS WE TALK THE TALK!!!!!

God forgives when we repent….ABOUT FACE, AMERICA…before it’s forever TOO LATE!

WPQ


New School Prayer

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule;
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone, we must meditate;
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks..
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong. 

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns, the school's a mess..
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot;
My soul please take!

Amen