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Jesus related a parable about a man who built his house on the sand and a man who built his house on a rock, and when the storms came the house whose foundation was sand collapsed while the house on the rock stood solidly against the raging of the wind and water.

This simple parable reinforces the absolute and eternal truth that anything built on a faulty foundation will be shaken and fall when the inevitable storms come along, whether it’s a one-sided relationship, a skyscraper or nation.

The United States of America was founded on the existence of Almighty God, man’s unquenchable thirst for liberty and the blood of patriots, a strong foundation of like-minded people who committed their future, their fortunes and their very lives to the prospect that living life the way they chose was a God-given right.

The American Dream was born.

America has committed her share of sins, most notably the scourge of slavery, which would eventually divide the country, bone and marrow, and cost the lives of thousands, the curse of segregation, the misguided support of dictators, the heartless slaughter of millions of the unborn and many other iniquities, some we’ve learned from, some we haven’t

But through it all, there has remained a nucleus of righteous people who kept the faith, who stood against the creeping tide of ungodliness, socialism and downright evil that constantly threatens to turn our American Dream into a nightmare.

Never in the 242-year history of our nation have the battle lines been more clearly defined or the struggle for the kind of country America is going to be more vital

No matter how you feel about immigration, the states and cities that declare themselves sanctuaries for those who are here illegally are guilty of anarchy, no entity is allowed to choose the laws they want to obey and ignore the others, otherwise, we don’t have a United States but a loose confederation of independent enclaves.

It’s ironic how the very same people who so adamantly stood against Arizona’s immigration laws just a few years ago, now defend the illegal actions of states guilty of breaking the most basic of America’s federal laws.

The progressive argument defending the rampant mass murder of the unborn has been couched in terms of, a woman’s right to choose, a blob of flesh, not really a baby. Semantics to hide the fact that. once conceived, what is growing inside a woman’s womb is the beginnings precious human life and just because it hasn’t fully formed yet, it does not negate the fact that a life is being snuffed out.

The Creator of the universe and everything in it said that He knew us in our mother’s womb and planned out the days of our lives before we were born.

So, what is the difference in taking the life of an unborn baby and taking the life of a full-grown person?

Our nation is aborting its population out of existence, another piece of our foundation that is rapidly washing away in the tide of secular humanism.

Supposed “minority leaders” constantly fan the flames of racial division because it’s what keeps them in business. No division, no sound bites, no lavish lifestyle, no power. Their stock in trade is not reconciliation, but envy, distrust and hate between the races and unfortunately there’s a faction of the minorities who embrace that and the media loves it.

And another stone falls out of the dike.

Our nation is in the kind of debt that, if not addressed immediately and seriously will one day devalue our currency, drain away a major part of our national wealth and cause a depression that will reduce America’s ability to sustain services or even defend ourselves.

Parents have children for no other reason than increasing the amount of their entitlement check.

And of course, what I have listed is only a very small part of what’s eating away at the foundation of our nation.

Where do we go from here?

I honestly don’t know, but what I do know is that the sand beneath our feet is shifting fast.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops, our police and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

— Charlie Daniels

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