The song “America” voices some thoughts that I believe should be renewed in the hearts and minds of every American citizen today.  Please allow me a moment to go through them with you:

            My country, ‘tis of thee,

            Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

            land where my fathers died,

            land of the pilgrims’ pride,

            from every mountainside, let freedom ring!

Land of Liberty!  Land, where our fathers died and those coming to this new world took pride in what they could build, and our founding fathers risked everything to secure for us.  That should be shouted from every mountain, valley, and hill.  The bell of freedom has tolled for centuries and now is in danger of tolling no more!

            My native country, thee,

            Land of the noble free, thy name I love.

            I love thy rocks and rills,

            thy woods and templed hills.

            my heart with rapture thrills, like that above.

America has been a bastion of freedom and a symbol of liberty that has stirred the hearts of people worldwide to drink its waters and share in its opportunities.  Today, we are at the precipice of destruction and must renew our commitment to restoring the foundations that are beginning to be damaged.

            Let music swell the breeze,

            and ring from all the trees sweet freedom’s song.

            let mortal tongues awake.

            let all that breathe partake.

            let rocks, their silence break, the sound prolong.

Oh, to hear freedom’s song being the theme song throughout the land again.  To hear tongues awakened and all living take up the anthem and make it ring so loudly and proudly that even the rocks cry out.

            Our Father’s God, to thee,

            author of liberty, to thee we sing.

            Long may our land be bright

            with freedom’s holy light;

            protect us by thy might, great God, our King.

That is the key to our restoration in this great nation.  It was founded upon the principles of God and recognized God as the author of liberty and the hand of divine providence in guiding our leaders to secure our freedom.  They recognized that without His help and guidance, they could not succeed, nor could the nation survive.  Today, there is an assault on God, our faith, and this nation from within and without. 

Dare we do less than return to the Lord with a whole heart?  May God provide guidance and grace for America to return to her former state of greatness as “one nation under God with liberty and justice for all.”  

God bless you, and God bless America!