Like many Americans, standing on the heels of the Presidential election, I am appalled to see what is transpiring before my very eyes! Never before, in our country’s history, have I personally witness such disregard for moral and ethical principles. What has happened to the pride we took as Americans to be a Nation which upheld the highest regard for Virtue?
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” As citizens of this great Nation, we agree to stand for and to stand together to uphold the virtues by which this Nation was founded.
Our founding fathers recognized that we, the people of America, have inalienable rights given to us by our creator. These rights are not governed by man, as man did not give them, therefore man can not regulate them. They are God given rights and we, as Americans, uphold them as such.
It is incomprehensible for any individual, group of people, or political party, to shun the very principles our country was founded on and to mock God by attempting to ‘play God’, disregarding our inalienable rights.
We are Americans! We are not White Americans, Black Americans, Latino Americans, Old or Young Americans, Educated or Uneducated Americans, Democratic or Republican Americans…we are all AMERICANS!
As Americans, we open our homeland to those who choose to legally enter, desiring to become an American. Intention to cause division within our Nation is not welcomed! Division is not what makes our country great…Unity is what makes our country great. The diversity of people within America makes us special, yet this diversification was never intended to alter the virtues of the American way of life!
The very freedoms we enjoy today throughout America, are the very principles Americans who have traveled before us, gave their lives to defend. Yet today, so many trample the efforts of those who fought for our liberties by acting in lawlessness, selfishness, blame, hatred and bigotry. These are all issues of the HEART. We must take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. No political party or individual president is responsible for our actions. “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). No one, including you or I, the president, or any other leaders are perfect. If not for the grace of God we all would perish (Romans 3:23). Extend the same grace which is extended to you by God, to others including those devoting their lives to serve this Country we call home! Do not judge unless you be judged (Matthew 7:1).
Where has the rectitude of our nation gone? We must uncover it! Place it back within our hearts, so it then can spread throughout the Nation.
Regardless of who your favorite candidate was or was not, no matter how happy or how disappointed you are in the outcome of the election, we are privileged to live in a democracy. As a democracy, an open election was held, to which you were invited to participate. The outcome has been determined. Like it or not, we the people of America, need to honor and respect the President-Elect. When did this become an option? The only option we have as Americans is to accept this fact or we are free to leave. If we choose to stay…we Must abide by its principles and uphold its Virtues.
The Virtues of this country have always been the major component in setting it apart from other countries. Our virtues have also insured blessings by our creator. Again, you are free to agree or not, but you are expected to ‘HONOR’ this truth.
If you are reading this and you consider yourself a Christian…I plead with you to Pray for America! God has been gracious to us, we still have a window of opportunity to effectively impact the direction of our Nation. “If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
The time is now, the harvest is ripe. Look around with your spiritual eyes and your spiritual ears and hear the outcry of the people. The voices in our streets, in every city, are crying out for answers. You and I as Christians have those answers. The answers will not be found in government…They are only found in God!
Will you join me in a movement: ‘Driven By Virtue’? Put God back in His rightful place in your heart and in our great country.
President-Elect Trump has vowed to ‘make America great again’. You and I can help. Pray! Pray for all those far from God to have open hearts towards God. Pray that our leaders will seek God as they lead our country. Pray for our country to once again honor the virtues which once were foundational.
We are ambassadors for Christ, placed here in this country for such a time as this!
It is time for the body of Christ to wake up and fulfill the great commission. People are depending on us. America is depending on us. We have been given a mandate by God to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). Let’s begin with America… the nation most of us call home!
For those of you reading who are not living in America, please pray for us as we are praying for you as well. If you are reading this and you do not know God as the great creator, please click this link: https://www.lucyanncq.com/prayer Here you will find information on knowing God personally as well as a place to enter your information so I can pray for you.
May God Bless You, May God Bless America, May God Bless all the Nations!
Your are irreplaceable! You are needed! Join the movement… ‘be driven by Virtue’!
-Lucy Ann
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