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A LETTER TO
AMERICA
By Dale V. Nobbman
Dear America,
Hi, how are you
doing? Just thought
I’d check up on you
after I heard you
had been struggling
recently. I don’t
quite understand
just why you have
allowed yourself to
become so
overwhelmed and lost
in so many ways,
including morally,
spiritually, and
financially, but I
have certainly
noticed an alarming
change in you from
the America I grew up with a number of
years ago.
I remember how all
your best friends
used to call you “America
the Beautiful” and
still others “Columbia,
the Gem of the
Ocean.” You know, I
can’t recall anyone
referring to you in
that way for a long
time now, as it
seems a portion of
your original beauty
and appeal as
established by your
Founding Fathers in
their founding
principles has
diminished over
recent years. I
really don’t know
why that should be
the case, because
you’ve always had a
strong Constitution
to sustain you
through all the
trials and
tribulations you’ve
encountered over the
years, so why are
you faltering now?
O beautiful for
spacious skies,
I remember how
God shed His
grace on thee.
You remember that
don’t you? I don’t
know how you could
ever forget it,
considering the
number of blessings
our Creator has
allowed you to
receive and bestow
over the years. I’m
sure you haven’t
forgotten, but it’s
just that I haven’t
seen you give much
thanks to God in
return lately, and
that seems very
strange, and has
raised my concern
for you, because the
America I remember
in your stronger
days always gave
thanks to God. I can
remember ever so
well how you used to
praise “the power
that hath made and
preserved us as a
nation,”
and how you would
declare that “all
glory, laud, and
praise be ever Thine.”
I also remember how good it made me feel when you would
break forth and sing
to the author of our
liberty, the God of
our Fathers.
It seems like just
yesterday that you
were asking
God to “mend thy
every flaw,” and that “protecting us by
thy might Great God
our King” was your daily prayer. Those were really good days, weren’t they?
Things were going
pretty well then.
Whatever happened? I
never thought I
would see you so
down and confused as
you are now.
You don’t know how
it changed my life
and thrilled my
heart when you would
declare to me that “mine
eyes have seen the
glory of the coming
of the Lord,” and
“in the beauty of
the lilies Christ
was born across the
sea, with a glory in
His bosom that
transfigures you and
me.” With faith like
that, anyone in the
world couldn’t help
but see how you had
become one nation
under God. I know
you must still
believe it, even
though you don’t
profess it much
anymore.
Oh say can you see
that you have
strayed far off
course from your
original beliefs and
affirmation in God’s
guiding hand upon
you? And that
reminds me, I
haven’t heard you
say the “Pledge of
Allegiance” much
lately, but I can
still remember how
your kids used to
recite it all the
time.
You still call
yourself the “Land
of the Free and the
Home of the Brave,”
and you seem to
continually proclaim
that “In God we
trust.” How could
there be any doubt
in where your faith
lies? If I didn’t
know you so well, I
might think the
current problems you
face are from your
lack of faith in the
Father of
Liberty,
and that your trust
is really in the
coins and paper
money you proclaim
your trust on. I do
pray that those of
us who really love
you can be assured
of your true,
unfaltering faith in
God, even though it
must appear to many
people that you have
blatantly turned
your back on God’s
divine leadership in
all matters you
concern yourself
with in both the
present time and in
the years ahead. I
can’t think of one
good reason why you
would try to deceive
me or anyone else
from the truth of
your past
accomplishments,
which were based
firmly in your trust
in God. One thing I
know for sure: We’ve
been friends a long
time and I know that
God still loves you
as He did in the
beginning, when He
gave you the blessed
name, the
United States of
America.
Well, I guess I’ll
close for now. I
know you need time
to collect your
thoughts, and I pray
that you will regain
your strength for
the days ahead. I
want you to get well
real soon. I’m here
if you need me, and
God the Father is
waiting to hear from
you. You can reach
Him through His Son,
Jesus Christ. I know
you will begin to
feel so much better
if you will just
reconnect with God.
Once that happens,
then we the people
can continue to sing
“My Country ‘Tis of
Thee,
Sweet Land of
Liberty,”
and we will be able
to proudly continue
flying the
star-spangled banner
with its stars and
stripes forever!
Your Friend,
A Christian
American Citizen
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