If you put God first, as a Christian, as most of our founding fathers, including George Washington, did,
it will only make America a better place.
"It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States. . . . No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency. . . . We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained." -- George Washington, in his first inaugural address (April 30, 1789), reprinted in The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1931-44),vol. 30, pp. 292-6.However, if you put the Q'ran and Islam first, well....."There is no country in the whole world, in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America: and there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than that its influence is most powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth." -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, n.d.), vol 1, p.294.
And to use an example from a story I heard: There was a woodcutter hired by a man to cut down trees. The first day the woodcutter cut down 18 trees. The boss was duly impressed and heaped praises on the woodcutter. Inspired by the positive words of his employer, he worked even harder the second day, but was only able to cut down 15 trees. The third day was no better with only 11 trees cut. The fourth day he was able to cut down only seven.
When his boss saw what was going on the woodcutter said, "I don't understand. I work harder every day and cut fewer and fewer trees down." The boss said, "Have you sharpened your axe?"
"I haven't had time to sharpen my axe, I've been too busy cutting down trees."
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God is my "axe sharpening." Without Him, everything else is not only extremely difficult but, in the long run, irrelevant.