Bullets for the Battle

America the Good

The founding father’s knowledge was empowered by their virtue and that of the great majority of the American people. In his presidential farewell address, George Washington, our nation’s greatest citizen, stated, “Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.”

Today virtue has been redefined out of existence. Thousands of mindless and self-serving Americans are seeking to blur the distinction between right and wrong. The “anything goes” philosophy produces a life where “nothing helps!”

This crisis of character in our children results from the spiritual and moral decline among our nation’s adults and the breakup of our nations’ homes. To return to the greatness and vision our forefathers, we must return to their emphasis on knowledge of truth and virtue of character.

Spiritual and moral excellence must become American’s first priority. James Madison put it this way: “We have staked the whole future of the American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future … upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”

These words concerning Israel over 3,400 years ago are fit commentary for our nation’s slide from virtue: “They forgot God, ignored His counsel, gave into their cravings, and rejected His leadership. So God gave them all they wanted but sent leanness and a wasting disease to their souls” (Psalms 106:13-15)

It’s not too late! American’s moral and spiritual strength depends on the moral and spiritual strength of each individual. The choices you make can turn the tide.

Photo Credit: A Fourth of July fireworks display at the Washington Monument, 1986, taken by SSGT. Lono Kollars.