Posted on 06/05/2012 5:53:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Never -- our forbears were not so much those of the gold-seekers of Virginia as the Pilgrims in "New England," whose leaders were fleeing from abuses of England's intolerance of their beliefs.
Our country was been blessed as long as we clung to The Righteous One who himself hung from the Cross for political and religious persecution. Jesus Christ is a far greater, glorious, and benevolent Lord and Master than any other the world has ever offered.
At least, in my loyal opinion, as voiced by Emma Lazarus.
With sincere respect ---
That’s my exact point. The closer we get to God, the more God-like we become - the kinder, the more loving, the more tolerant, the more understanding - and that makes everything just work better (including life itself). The more we distance ourselves from the divine, the more ugly, mean and degraded Human life becomes. That is why John Adams said “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Political revolution never achieves true liberty, not for very long anyway. Jesus certainly never preached it. He wanted (and wants) a revolution of the heart, a revolution of the individual. Everything else is window-dressing.
Yeah. I wasted a lot of my early life. I didn't need "religion" -- I'm a preachers kid -- I needed a new spiritual man born inside this shell. He's pretty much got the upper hand, now. But years of repair still doesn't fix everything after the early damage. Eventually though, the LORD will take care of everything. In the mathematics of life, He does the adding and sets the sum, Thanks be to His graciousness!
I can relate to that.
I was just thinking for a couple of days: you know, I was just a sophomore in High School, when Elizabeth's father, the King of England passed. I hazily remember her ascent to the throne. You know, it's been a long time that she has continuously and beyond reproach demonstrated fitness for the role she had then been trained to fulfill.
That is a pretty marvelous record!
Who else of all in her dominion can show the same kind of record, particularly recalling all the peccadillos of so many surrounding her? I believe that she will have less to answer for than they, eh?
And what about all the rest of us who must appear at the Judgment seat of The Christ to have our works evaluated; or more yet, those who will answer at the Great White Throne judgment for final and eternal condemnation?
I personally think that a constitutional monarchy is the finest form of government, but I think even the most rabid republican (small r) would have to admit re Elizabeth II that that is one good woman!
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