Observations of our time

The newly elected president of our nation has more expectations placed on him then any other present that I can remember in recent history. The number of adoring idolatrous like fans of our president elect concerns me, have they as a result of unfulfilled expectations in the past become the rats of the pied piper who they will follow blindly because it sounds good? Remember he is just a man.

I fear that as a nation we have become to much like ancient Rome, consumed with its self worth while at the same time trying to fill its empty soul with the adoration of men to the point of calling, viewing or treating those men as divine. We are no longer able or secure enough tell ourselves the truth we prefer instead the lies of Madison Ave. when what is needed is a strong dose of reality. If we are not careful, my friends, we will end up like ancient Rome, only a memory with some old buildings that speak of a glory long lost.

We have more information, truth and history to draw from to help guide us as a people and as a nation but the cancerous worm of pride has so infected us that we now believe that because we have all this information we are not vulnerable to this cancerous worm that destroyed Rome from the inside out. Knowing truth and living truth are two different things.

What can be done, if what I say is true? History shows that Nineveh was much as we are today in attitude and action, but God loved the people of Nineveh, just as any modern day Father loves a child that has gone terribly astray. Who did God use to get the people of Ninevehs' attention? Jonah, someone who supposedly knew God and His great love. Jonah had his own issues as well, hatred of the people of Nineveh to start with, but God loves and we His people must bring his call of repentance to our nation, not because we as a nation deserve this merciful call but because He is worthy of the love of all people, even the Ninevehites of the United States of America.