I like the song "God Bless America". But when I hear it, my reaction is does "America Bless God"? So, I wondered if there was anything on the internet about "America Bless God" and I found a few sites--a few rightwing sites. One just blatantly asks for donations and can be located here--
http://www.americablessgod.com/
The site provides little information about itself, but, of course, we should get back to be a "Christian Nation" because of 9-11 and, oh, by the way, send me a donation! This was the #1 site in the search.
The #2 site in the internet search was a rightwing Christian who wants to bring back "America's Christian Heritage" which if you take the site literally or seriously, would mean a Christian version of Shariah Law and can be found here--
http://www.hismoralbanner.com/about_us.htm
Oh yes, and on this site you can also spend a lot of money and probably help Brent Bullock on his adventure. But, it seems that his program stopped in 2011 whereas the first group which is just an unnamed rip-off is exploiting 9-11.
What I was hoping for was a site that provided us with information on how Christians should be humble or at least questioning us about our humility. Instead what I find is red, white and blue "patriotic" sites asking for money and asking us to rewrite our history to fit a version that rightwing conservatives want us to believe is true when it is not. So, instead of humility, what we get is pride, the exact opposite of what America Bless God should be. Methinks that maybe we should re-evaluate some passages from God's Word--
Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Luke 16:15
He (Jesus) said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."
There are numerous Scriptural verses on humility. On how we should be humble and God respects that. But, God doesn't respect the opposite and that is pride. Sorry to disappoint you but we are an extremely prideful nation and have been for a long time no matter how much we want to deceive ourselves. We have had many wake up calls throughout our history, but we still want to walk the path of pride and sidestep humility and make the claim we are "God's Children". I have been told numerous times that "God's thoughts are not our thoughts." Truer words have never been spoken, but are you listening?
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