It has been said by some earth is a prison where we are all doing hard time                                      

While others would deny this claiming that the world is none the worse for wear                          

In either case both extremes are not likely candidates to whom God wants to draw near                  

Neither acknowledges God in their daily ways; hence, unwilling to trust anything to His care  

Maybe that’s because God’s been excised from our thoughts via the relentless hands of time         

No more obvious than in America where the public mention of God is like a hate crime                 

Which would insult our forefathers who for that very reason left their homes behind

To come to America drawn by God’s beacon of light which today barely shines 

A light which guided America on the path of faith, now grown dim in the shadow of it’s fear 

Causing this great country to stumble in sin’s darkness, groping about in the twilight of it’s years 

Loving vice more than virtue we espouse tolerance at the expense of truth to keep peace here        

But that will not excuse us when Jesus upon the clouds in glory without warning quickly appears

God’s intention for America was that it would impart the blessing of freedom to mankind               

Not to run from God and refuse to bring His message of salvation to all it could possibly find        

Lulled to sleep by our all to numerous blessings we chose rather to retreat from the battle lines      

Preferring to avoid God’s call we locked the doors of our hearts and for safety drew the blinds    

America has forgotten God’s promise that our eyes have not seen or have we heard with our ears  

What God has for those that really love Him started in heaven to earnestly on our behalf prepare   

They are not things of this earth, like nothing ever seen, no framework to which we can compare  

But America has a really long way to go, a lot to repent for, before we even get half way there

The only way this will happen is if we but humble ourselves before God as a penitent nation         

Submit ourselves to His will and obey His commandments and call without further hesitation       

Then and only then we’ll be on track to walk with Him whose Father’s heart desires right relation 

As we close the gap between Him and us we’ll see him reaching out with His arms of salvation

But if we avoid His embrace, America will spiral ever downward, it won’t have even a prayer       

Upon God’s radar screen it will become a feint blip, slowly fade and then all but disappear            

However, God freely offers the warmth of His love to melt away all our anxieties and cares           

As well as thaw our cold hearts covered with apathy’s ice awash in a sea of crocodile tears!                               

Doug Donovan 11/6/2006