Confession in answer to an Australian critic

For what it's worth, i believe that America has a place of exceptional responsibility in the world. To have that on it's shoulder is exceptional prosperity and an inherent nobility that has existed at one level or another for a long time, perhaps a hundred years or more. Mistakes have been made, but without the blood and treasure of America standing as best she knew how against tyranny in other lands in the past hundred years Europe might well be dominated by a German totalitarian government. A nuclear armed middle eastern nation might well have already obliterated the nation of Israel, Much of the Eastern Rim might be dominated by a Japanese imperialism, Most of the Asian continent would still be under the clutches of a Marxist communist government and precious New Zealand and Australia would stand alone un allied with anyone of consequence to say no to a domineering evil with bombs.

Mistakes? Sure. But unlike any other nation, when the USA sacrificed hundreds of thousands on beaches, beachheads and Islands and oceans in air and on sea, after victory, did not stay as conquerors. We instead have made every effort to see justice restored for countries like Japan.

Is America the Kingdom of God? Only in as much as we submit to HIM as King. Sadly, not much any more. But the residue of blessing is still evident.

America is special not because it's has great resource, not because it has great armies, not because it has great blessings that are unavailable to other countries.

America is special because once it's people had opportunity and freedom to succeed or fail without restraint. You had to try or fail.

What is happening now is robbing America of that greatness.

It's for that we mourn.

It's for that we will fight again against spirits and principalities that have invaded our land. Democracy elected Hitler too.

What Steve Chase said is what caused this long comment. America is a Great Country, I don't worship it. I worship the God who gave it to me. But I must steward it as I do every other blessing he gives. To do less is sin.