Let Us Pray!

As this 4th of July comes to a close, I felt the need to blog some of my thoughts regarding our country and our freedoms. My family and I have spent the day indoors just being together. I've used a good part of the day to think about what today means for me, for my children, and for my grandchildren.

I am a patriotic red-white-and-blue-blooded American. The very sight of the flag still gives me goosebumps and tears. The men and women of our great nation who wear the uniform will always have my great respect and admiration. I am so blessed to be born in a nation that was founded on Biblical principles where freedom is mine.

Having said all that, I cannot help but think that the country I was born in is not the same country today. I hardly recognize it anymore. It seems we as a nation are getting farther and farther away from what our forefathers envisioned, what they fought for. We see daily in the news stories of legislation that our "leaders" are pushing that is taking away the freedoms that we have taken for granted. More and more, our nation is turning into a modern day Sodom as homosexuality is becoming commonplace and if you do not support gay marriage, then you are intolerant and unloving. Unborn babies, yes, I said babies, are being murdered daily all across this great land, and we are debating as to whether they feel the pain of abortion and if so, at what gestational age. Sin is not being called sin. Christians are not stepping up and taking a stand. I am downright afraid for our country if we continue down this path. God is not pleased with our nation as a whole. I believe we are only beginning to see God's judgment on us.

I am praying for a revival in our land. I am praying for that revival to start right here with me. I am praying for God to work in the lives of Christians across this nation. I am praying that we can get back to sharing Christ with the lost. He is the only answer to what ails us. If you are reading this and you are Christian, won't you join me in prayer for a revival like we have never seen? Will you stand up for what's right when it seems the rest of the world is against you? If you do not have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, I would beg you to get that settled before it is eternally too late.

In closing, I have a verse that has been on my heart for quite some time along these lines. II Chronicles 7:14 says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." Let us pray.