Subject: Our nation
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:06:28 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great” Alexis de Tocqueville     I have always said to know where we are going/headed we have got to know where we have been, or we are destined to repeat the past, America for the most part has forgotten her God. Our legal form of government is a Constitutional Republic. Our nation for the most part has lost it’s way, The term republic had a significant meaning for our founding fathers and all the early Americans. It meant a lot more than just a representative government which was a form of government in contrast to democracy where the majority dictated laws and rights. Getting rid of the English monarchy was what the Revolution was really all about, so a monarchy or democratic form of government was out of the question. A Republic required a strict limitation of government power, Which would be defined and delegated by the people, with all public officials being bound by their oath of office to uphold the Constitution.   The dawn of a new promise was upon them which prompted them to reflect upon England on the past that prepared for the future. Their new nation, was to be divinely blessed, and had much to be thankful for, God had fulfilled His promises to Abraham and his descendants. If God could permit spiritual freedom, government certainly ought to permit the political freedom that allows one to pursue life's dreams and assume one's responsibilities. If man can achieve spiritual redemption through grace, which allows him to use the released spiritual energy to pursue man's highest and noblest goals, so should man's mind, body, and property be freed from the burdens of unchecked government authority. The Founders were confident that this would release the creative human energy required to produce the goods and services that would improve the living standards of all mankind. No doubts were cast as to where rights came from. They came from the Creator, and if government could not grant rights to individuals, it surely should not be able to take them away. A moral society is the only one that works. It would do us well to remember history, as it becomes obvious that there is a direct relationship between personal integrity and societies prosperity. It is faith in God that provides the anchor for our culture. Without it, we are destined to have history repeat it's self over again.  Our nation has lost it's way, determining right from wrong. The result is a society that staggers like a blind drunkard unable to find his way, our nation has thumbed it's nose at God, and there are few that understand the circumstances of such a deed, But those that do understand, know where to find their refuge All things that happen, happen for a reason, and a cause, like the Blessings and cursings formula found in the book of Deuteronomy  Donna