We Have Fallen

I have been doing a lot of reading lately trying to understand things about the world around me. I see all this bad stuff happening and I like any other human have wondered why God allows things to happen. The most common question I hear when someone speaks of bad things that have happened in America is where was God when that happened?

The answer to that question is plainly right there beside everyone the entire time. The thing is God allows things to happen as a wake up call to us to go back to the way we used to do things. America was a Nation founded on Godly principles and we have slowly and purposefully moved in our own direction. 

So where has God been in America? Well in a book I have been reading through answers the question like this. We kicked God out of our Government, our schools and we are even beginning to take the pledge of allegiance out of schools because it says "One Nation Under God". We have literally wiped God completely out of every aspect of our lives as a country. 

So if you only want God to be around to help when things are bad then why should he keep his hedge of protection over us as a Nation. When everything is going good America completely ignores the blessings that God has given to this country, and when things are bad we wonder where God was. Well he has been there since the beginning, and he has not went anywhere, but at a certain point he will allow things to take place to bring us back. If we refuse as a Nation (which we have) he will allow further problems to arise. 

If we want the prosperous America we once had we are going to have to go back to the things that we once did. We allowed God to be in control. If anyone wants to argue that point think of this. How many times have you seen violence in schools since we removed praying and speaking of God? If we don't believe that removing God was the cause then we are all in serious denial.   

Lose Lose Situations

Have you ever been in a situation that you felt like either way you go you are going to lose? I think we all have an honestly I had a friend ask me the same question the other day. He said if he made either decision, someone that he considered a friend was going to be upset with him.

He wanted to know my honest opinion, and my honest opinion was that I didn't know what to tell him. I have been in those situations many times and I still have no idea which way is the best way. I once heard it put like this. If you are going to lose either way it really doesn't matter what you chose to do, because you are going to any way you look at it.

Sometimes the best thing to do is listen to your heart and what God has to say about it. I know even reading the Bible and praying, the answer doesn't just always pop up. I think that God wants to let you have the freedom of choice on the matter and when you are going to lose anyway, that is just how you have to think.

Life can come up with some pretty strange circumstances that will create an internal conflict on both sides. If I do this consequence A will happen, but if I chose the other consequence B will happen. I honestly would be lying if I said I knew what the best road to take is, and in that case you just need to think, pray, and make the best decision you feel you can make.

If anyone has a good way to handle this type of situation please leave a comment below. I really would like to know what some of you would do when these types of things come up.