Praying for America

With each passing day I become more and more gloomy on the outlook for America. 

*Each day it seems that the current administration takes an act that can only be seen as a shockwave to the Constitution and/or individual liberty.  I would be willing to bet that a cursory glance at almost every President's actions would result in some law that they refused to enforce laws.  President Obama has taken it to a level never before seen.  From his limited enforcement of Obamacare, to his failure to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, to not prosecuting medical marijuana, Obama has refused to enforce the legally passed and signed laws of this nation that do not fit his political narrative.  Now, he has said his administration will not deport certain illegal immigrants.  Certainly, there would be a firestorm raised by those on the left were a president refusing to enforce certain gun laws or certain anti-discrimination laws.

*I live in a nation that is divided. The reaction to the immoral and illegal acts of politicians and celebrities is not proportional to the degree of the bad act, but whether that person has a D or an R beside their name.  President George W. Bush water-boards a few people and liberals demonize him while conservatives praise him.  President Obama kills people, including American citizens, with unmanned drones in foreign country who he decides no longer deserve to live which is hailed by liberals and deride by conservatives when it is politically expedient.

*I live in a world where a man that believes he is Napoleon is locked away and medicated into a stupor, but a man that believes he is a woman is celebrated and given special treatment

*I live in a nation that spends billions a year on research to cure an illness (AIDS) that could be all but eradicated in a generation by the simple exercise of individual chastity. 

*I live in a nation where individual freedom no longer means a lack of governmental imposition on the lives of citizens, but now is the freedom to do what you want, as long as it in line with those in power.

*I live in a world where who you sleep with is more important than any other individual trait.

I surely do not know how atheists get out of bed each day.  I cannot imagine how I would be able to live if I thought there was nothing more, nothing worth striving for, nothing worth believing in.



"If you want to be happy, really really happy, use your talents to serve others." - Eduardo Verastegui