The song “America” expresses 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!   The land where our fathers died and where 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 been tolling for centuries, and now it 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 of 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 things take up the anthem, making 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.

I believe that this song embodies the key to our restoration as a Great Nation!  America was founded upon the principles of God and recognized God.  Our Founders and the Colonists of 1776 recognized God as the author of liberty.  They acknowledged the hand of divine providence in guiding our leaders to secure our freedom.  They recognized that success would be impossible without God’s help and guidance.  They understood that this new republic could only survive with God’s help.

Today, there is an assault on God, our faith, and this nation from within and from without.  Dare we do less than return to the Lord with a whole heart?  May God provide the 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!