#MakeAmericaGood

Thanksgiving is getting closer on the calendar and plans are being made to celebrate with family and friends. Feasts of turkey on a well laden table with all the trimmings are looked forward to by most of us. This was my husband's favorite holiday and he prepared himself for full enjoyment including watching the Cowboy's play.

There was no Thanksgiving Day back in the 1600's in England where King Henry VIII had declared himself head of the National Church. England had been a Roman Catholic nation, but Henry decided to change all that, because of his own lifestyle, and the Anglican church was born with Henry the head. It became illegal for anyone to worship any other way and people were jailed or fined or worse. Life became intolerable for those who knew the Lord Jesus Christ and wanted to worship the way the early church did. When news was going around about this new uninhabited country recently discovered a group of the believers decided to risk all and try to get there. They wanted freedom to worship the way they chose and not have the government decide for them so they became pilgrims in America.

The founding fathers of this country knew their history and the very first amendment to the constitution stated that congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or any law preventing the free exercise thereof. They were trying to prevent another 1600's England. They were saying to the people of America, "Go for it, establish your churches and feel free to worship as you wish and speak up and say what is in your heart, yes, go for it."

Somehow this particular amendment got warped and those with evil intent put it out there that we had understood it all wrong. Religion had better not speak out because the government might be affected and that would infringe on the government, so the separation of church and state came in vogue. This idea was pushed as one put forth by the founding fathers and, guess what, people actually swallowed it and accepted it. What balderdash!!! Well, what can you expect from a people ignorant of actual history?

America was great for years following the Biblical principals laid down in our constitution. Freedom flourished, churches were established, business boomed, the press was free, schools and hospitals built. We were on a roll, but then some things happened and America became less than great, less than good. And that's where we are today, less than good. Freedom is under attack. It has become legal to murder the innocent, babies in the womb, and illegal to pray out loud at a school football game and, for Pete's sake, don't mention Jesus in a Valedictory Speech.

Our president yearns to make America great again and his main goal is prosperity for all. This is a good intent and I am all for it, but, what about making America good again? Can we work on that for a while and correct some of the wrongs?  Shall we start with specific prayer that God help us make America good again?

 This verse says it all: "If my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I shall hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14