America isn’t what it used to be, is it? I was thinking today about people born in the eighties or nineties. Why, they are in their thirties now and have no idea how things used to be! And, these kids will be running our country soon! They don’t know anything except abortion is lawful, Christmas Carols and creches are illegal in schools. Prayers and the Bible are illegal in schools. The ten commandments cannot be displayed anywhere.Gay marriages are legal and pastors cannot preach against homosexuality even though the Bible says it is a sin. Boy, that is a list isn’t it?

And, we are to blame! That is the truth. We have watched things grow worse day by day and year by year without thinking anything about it. Oh, we talked about it in groups but we didn’t stand up against it by calling our representatives or voting. Sometimes we forgot to vote at all. It wouldn’t be strange at all if God judges America, would it?

When I was a kid, God and Jesus were talked about in nearly every conversation. The stores were closed each Sunday. About the only thing open were the churches. We never heard about homosexuality and our schools had Bible readings and prayer every day. Christmas was really Christmas everywhere. The flag was important to everyone. Sure, there were people who didn’t live that way but they were in the minority.

It isn’t too late. God has still given us the good life. Although many of our freedoms have been taken away, we still have some. Let’s band together with our neighbors and friends and make some changes in our country. How about it?

I woke up this morning with that question, only the question on my mind was “Why are you here?” I figured that must be the question all of us have at one time or another so I ask all of you the same.

God made each of us for a purpose and he gave each of us the tools to complete that purpose. He did more than that. He gave us trees that bloom and those that stay green all of the time. He gave us fruit to grow and eat. He gave us water to drink and oceans to look at, travel on and eat its produce. He also gave us mountains to dream upon and climb. He produced land where we can see for miles and farmers can grow our grains and let their cattle grow fat and good for us to eat.

There is too much to mention so the question looms, “Why are we here?”  Have you followed His purpose, have I? God has given us much. Yet we have used up all the land, cut down his trees, and thought all of this is for me! The Bible says we are here to glorify God. That’s what he wants and how do we do that? He loves us and we must love him back. We must worship him and thank him for everything he has given us no matter what! I must worship him and thank him for my two husbands who were good to me for many years before they died and my two little sons who died before they had a chance to live, all because he wanted me to fulfill his purposes for me.

It is good to ask this question. many of us have thought only about ourselves. We have worshipped the god of money or entertainment. We must know that God gave his son, Jesus, so that all our sins can be forgiven, so why not start today to ask for forgiveness for all that is wrong in our lives and start anew with God and his Son. Just ask that question, “Why am I here?” and you will find the answer and you will find out that you have somehow forgotten God.