Our internet has been down the last three days. Below is the blog we did on Tuesday.
Blessed
is the nation whose god is the Lord.
Psalm 33:12a
This week a small town in South Dakota has made the national
news. The school board for the community
school has ruled unanimously not to have the pledge of allegiance to the
America flag not be said at the beginning of the day in the high school. Apparently they feel that there isn’t enough
time in the school day to say the pledge.
It is without question that this exercise takes less than 15
seconds. In fact one veteran they
interviewed said it only takes ten seconds.
The school board stated that they do allow the elementary and junior
high students to say the pledge in the morning, but the high school just
doesn’t have time in its schedule.
The pledge of allegiance contains two very important
words that our children need to say as part of their daily routine and that is
“under God”. As citizens of the United
States, we should want God’s blessing on our nation and include Him in our
pledge. When we start cutting out
important things such as the pledge, we begin a slippery slope for other
important and meaningful exercises to be left out of the daily activities of
the school.
Raising the United States flag on Iwo Jima during WWII
2 Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land.”
Our nation is in need of healing, and the above situation is an example
of it. God have given us a recipe for
the healing of our land. When we pledge
to the flag it is a gentle reminder that we are “one nation, under God”. We have soldiers dying for the freedoms that
we have in the United States, but if we don’t, as a nation, return to God we
will be quickly losing our freedom.
Please join us in praying for our nation.
Blessings and Encouragement,
Paul, Gail, Patsy and Penny
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