“Where there is no vision the people perish”, I would go a step further and say that where there is corrupt vision people are destroyed. At the beginning of this nation there was a knowledge and understanding of what corrupt governing was and the oppression that it caused to the average citizen. The settlers came from Europe to escape the persecution and overbearing demands of a tyrannical government. After years of being oppressed here in America by the British Government and King George, a group of brave men led by some of the most devout and committed pastors of their time sought Gods grace, wisdom, and guidance in resisting the authority over them.

    After much prayer and fasting they were, I believe, divinely inspired to write the Declaration of Independence. The document was detailed in its objections to the treatment of the colonists and the policies of British that made it impossible for an individual to have hope for their future, the ability to prosper or to have the liberty to worship or not worship God as they saw fit. The document not only clearly stated the colonists’ grievances, but it also gave birth to a national vision and boldly declared it to their oppressors!

  The men who signed the document knew it would likely cost them everything they possessed, including their lives but the desire to not only live in freedom, but to secure freedom and liberty for posterity was a price they were willing to pay. They understood that God had established this nation and that He had given them His vision for the future. They accepted the call and took the risks involved and proclaimed that they would pledge their fortunes, their sacred honor and their lives while relying on Divine Providence to secure the God given vision for the future of America.

  Over the next few years and months many of these men did indeed lose everything they had pledged except their sacred honor. Their heroism inspired many who would also rise to the call to stand for the hope of liberty and the ability to worship God how they saw fit. They resisted the unjust government of King George and his surrogates’ at the risk of their loss of life and limb. Many of these early founders and colonists had experienced the hardships of life in England and Europe and also experienced the liberty offered in the “New World”. Liberty, to them, was a prize worth fighting and dying for.

  In America today there are few who understand the true value of liberty and the price that has been paid in the blood of patriots since the signing of the Declaration and the drafting of the Constitution. Since the depression era ended there has been a “protection mentality” toward our young people to save them from the hardships of those years. The results of that overprotection have been generations of mostly ungrateful and an entitlement minded people. Many, nearly half of all Americans, receive some degree of assistance from government. There are many who genuinely need help and we should help those who are in need. America is the most gifted, blessed, and generous nation on earth and as such should be generous with aid to our own citizens who are in need before we send money to nations who are in some cases our sworn enemies.

   The crisis we are in at this time in America is a direct result of the protectionist/entitlement mentality that has become a large platform for the anti-American Progressives. They have capitalized on human nature to promote their agenda of implementing Marxism in America. They are largely succeeding because they have a vision for America and are willing to do whatever is necessary to implement that vision. They also have an ability to see beyond themselves to generations ahead and are legislating and lobbying to see that it is nearly impossible to turn America back to her roots of merit and self-sacrifice.   

  I believe that America’s best days are still ahead of her but I fear the time for this generation to rise to the call is fast departing. We are being overwhelmed by the distractions being delivered up by the Progressives through every form of media at their disposal to try to discourage their opponents and deter any efforts to stop their agenda. They were stopped once before About 60 years ago and went “underground” for a while before resurfacing as liberals. Regardless of what they decide to label themselves as, they must be stopped and their doctrine of death must be exposed and destroyed. We must not make the mistake Israel made by not completely wiping the enemies of God out and driving them from the land or they will re-emerge again in the future and try to destroy America again.     

  Somehow we need to educate our children to the threat posed by the Progressives and train them to identify future threats to liberty. We will need to remove control of the textbook industry from the Muslim Brotherhood and begin to speak out loudly and boldly against the invasion of Islam and the civilization jihad that is currently taking place here and has nearly overtaken Europe. If left unchecked the current calls for “blasphemy” laws will be enacted here and soon!

  We were given a vision at the beginning of this nation that was ordained of God and we have squandered the awesome and sacred responsibility of being stewards of His nation. It is time to repent of our apathy and laziness and beg God to forgive us and to once again restore America to the place of greatness in the world she once occupied for His glory. There will be many battles to fight and win, and there will likely be numerous casualties along the way, but if we retain our sacred honor we will be given the crown of life and will be forever remembered as having had an instrumental role in SAVING AMERICA.