Oh so true, dearest sister in Christ!
What is needed is a spiritual revolution, a "Great Awakening."
America has had two such, in her historical past. The first led to the American Revolution, in the name of Liberty, entailing the rising up of a "rabble" against what was then the greatest political Power on Earth; the second to the abolition of slavery, in the name of Liberty, entailing the bloodiest war in American history before that question could be resolved in the national consensus....
It seems to me that we live at a time when prayer and fasting are far and away more efficacious than "public debate" itself.
And so we raise our prayers to our Lord: May He continue to bless the sovereign people of the United States of America!
I join in your prayer for our beloved country.
Amen!
I think on the political side we are seeing the destruction of a constitutional republic being replaced by a fascist/socialist state. Watching the debates earlier this week I was struck by Santorum and Romney embracing the idea that the govt should charge different prices for the same services provided (from each according to their ability to each according to their needs). What I'm referring to is Medicare and Social Security. They both have bought into the idea that because someone has done well in life they should pay a higher insurance premium for health coverage that provides the same benefits for everyone.
In the case of Social Security they are arguing that a pension plan should pay less of a return to those that contributed more. Means testing transforms SS into a wealth redistribution system.
Also, the week before we saw Gingrich and Perry attack people who put large sums of money at risk as "vultures" or "unethical". Of course the attack is only directed at Romney, but it's hard to see how it doesn't spill over to all investors. It was nice to see Gingrich back off of this attack, but the willingness to attack free enterprise in order to defeat an opponent is very troubling.
Ron Paul has been the only candidate that seems to clearly understand that what is honestly earned is not the property of the state. Unfortunately he is an isolationist and is not a big supporter of Israel.
What's my point? I think even if we win with Gingrich, Santorum, Paul or even Romney, we lose. We are seeing the decline of our country as a Judeo-Christian light to the world. Without a revival and a desire to seek God's face we are lost.