Bound By Covenant

  There is such a deep unrest in my spirit about the state of our country. I can only liken America’s current condition to a marriage that has broken apart. When a man and woman are united in marriage there is a very tangible spiritual bonding that occurs. This bond is something that mystifies both the couple that makes the commitment and those who witness that commitment play out in their lives and in the case of America to those who have marveled at her history.

   Sometimes after years of sharing every aspect of life, from the birth of children to the deaths of friends and loved ones, the relationship begins to become rote, and without any noticeable warning signs it becomes cold and uninteresting. One partner begins to feel alienated or unimportant and gradually begins to look outside the relationship for that place of importance once felt deeply within their being. Over time the extra-marital relationship has taken over the heart of the partner and the marriage ends in separation.

  The other partner has been unaware anything has been so bad in their marriage that it would come to the point of separation let alone divorce. His taking for granted that she would always “just be there” has allowed him to lose touch with the fact that he was forsaking her need of constant communication and intimacy. His own narcissism had alienated her and driven her into the arms of another who had evil intent.

  The spiritual bond that happens in the ceremony of marriage remains entwined within the spirit of both partners. In one there is a sense that they have been wounded and hurt and there is a justification or rationalization process taking place in their mind to look elsewhere for attention. They very often become bitter and resentful toward the one they feel has betrayed them, and the pendulum swings from a relationship of total commitment to the covenant to one of total denial of it.

  In the other there is a realization that they indeed bear much of the responsibility for the marriage falling apart and he desperately wants to restore it to where it was when it was young and fresh. He goes to extremes to get back the one he has allowed to drift away but she will have no part of it. He has such turmoil and anxiety caused by the spiritual bond and tries to force her to return but she cannot be made to love again. The relationship can only be restored when both husband and wife are in agreement and have a renewed commitment to the vows taken and to their partner. There has to be involvement in the everyday affairs of the marriage with special attention to the needs of the other being elevated above their own.

  The turmoil I have in my spirit is much like that of one whose narcissistic life has forsaken an oath taken as a young man to a young woman in marriage. The oath was one which was intended to endure for life. The oath I took was to this country when I volunteered to serve in the armed forces and it, like the marriage covenant, had no expiration date attached but death.

  For most of my life after leaving active duty I left all my responsibility to protect and defend the constitution behind and sought self-gratification while enjoying the liberty and freedom this great nation affords its citizens. Now I know I am responsible for forsaking the covenant and for the ‘adulterous’ condition America is in.

  One part of me wants desperately to take up arms and retake the country that so many fought and died to preserve and protect from the ideologies that now control her. I know that if left to her own devises she will be completely destroyed so I spend all my time trying to get her attention and expose the true identity of the one who has seduced her into believing she can have peace and prosperity if she just renounces the foundation she is built upon. But it seems that the more pressure I apply and the louder I scream the farther away she pulls.

   To others it may seem that the spiritual bond I speak of is ridiculous and extreme but I have experienced the reality of both bonds I describe. One is no stronger than the other in the realm of covenant. Both are sworn oaths before God and man and both are active until death. Both will have a profound effect on generations of Americans yet to be born. The responsibility to honor the covenant made is overwhelming my spirit and sense of duty and honor.

  I know that taking up arms will only lead to a “French” Revolution and the further destruction and rejection of the foundational principles of America, so what is the answer to bringing America/Americans back to sanity and civility? There is only one thing that will save America now, me and others like me, living life to its fullest while reaching out to others one person at a time.

 Because America’s problem is a severe moral failure at every level, we must strive to restore morality to society. Our founders said ‘the republic will only survive if we remain a moral people’. Our moral values are those given by our creator and must be restored to the mainstream of society. It has taken the better part of 100 years to bring us to this state of depravity and it cannot be reversed any time soon, save a sovereign move of God, which has happened many times throughout history so there is hope!

  The only hope for a restored America is a restored people. The gospel of Jesus Christ is where this nation began and is where we must return. Each believer needs to seek God for forgiveness for being self-centered and poor stewards of the land He has given us. We need to literally beg Him not to hold our sins of omission and commission against us. There must be a renewing of the “Kingdom first” mentality. God wants souls for His kingdom and until “We the People” once again become the “people called by His name” we will have no peace or prosperity in America.

  The stressful turmoil felt by patriots like myself will only be relieved when we lay that burden down and seek the face of the King. As we seek Him He will show us what to do and how to do it. The pain we feel is from broken covenant and we must renew that covenant with God. He has not and cannot break covenant and will pursue this nation to the gates of hell to draw us back to Him. We have been given many chances through ‘natural’ disasters and terrorist attacks, but have only briefly turned toward Him but never to Him.

  What we are about to go through with the re-election of Barack Obama will bring this nation to its knees and if we do not turn to God and acknowledge Him and ask His Divine presence in our Land, He will allow our destruction to take place and He will raise another generation who will  earnestly turn to Him.

  The oath I took as a young man has been refreshed and renewed within my spirit and I hereby proclaim that I will honor the oath to protect and defend the constitution. I would ask that every American who understands freedom and liberty to renew the oath within your heart and if you have never taken it upon entering service to the country Google the oath and make it to this great land and then get out there and do your part to bring one American “home” and then another and another. If we work together we will eventually change the course of the nation. If we are successful, SAVING AMERICA will not have to be a war generations to come will have to fight and we will have saved our own sacred honor and not died as cowards!