Hinges...

Matthew 23.37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing."

More than ever before, I am beginning to understand how Jesus felt as he wept over Israel.   His tears were for what would not be ...  If only Israel had accepted the Truth.  (I feel much the same way about my country.)   If only Israel had repented and turned the One True God, Jesus Christ.  If only Israel had been willing...  

The first Charter of Virginia (King James I, April 10, 1606)

Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out.

  

The Mayflower Compact

Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together…”

 

Samuel Adams, “Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity… and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.” [October 4, 1790]

 

Benjamin Franklin: | Portrait of Ben Franklin
“ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech (Note: And Ben Franklin was not a "religious" man!)

These are but a few examples of our nation as it has been ... as it could be again...

Oh, that we would return to Jesus, even at this late hour, and ask for His mercy.  That we would repent for untold millions murdered each year in the name of convenience.   That we would turn from the false gods of money and possessions.  That we would teach Truth to our children.  That we, the church, would repent for not obeying the greatest commandments or fulfilling the great commission.  The future of nation depends not on which political party is in power; nor does it depend on what happens on Wall Street.  America’s future hinges on what happens in the hearts of her people.