United States of America
Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night
America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King
Will we be sleeping Will we be sleeping
United States of America Looks like another silent night

These lyrics are from a song called "While You Were Sleeping," by Casting Crowns. I was listening to this song this morning and I was struck by it. The beginning of the song talks about how Jerusalem and Bethlehem slept through the arrival of their King (Jesus) and did not have anything for Him. But it is the above lyrics that really struck me. We in America are blessed with material blessings, with great freedoms and with wonderful ability to worship freely. These blessings are not b/c of anything America has done, but b/c God has ordained and allowed it. And b/c of these freedoms which God has allowed, this country has taken it upon itself to pass laws to save trees and at the same time allow the slaughter of millions of unborn children. We have used our material blessings to uplift and endorse ourselves, rather than be a blessing to those who are around us and around the world in need of things we could so easily supply. I am afraid of the direction which this country is heading, and afraid that if we as Christians do not start to make some stands for Christ, then the same fate that befell Jerusalem will befall us as well. I would challenge each of us to get the names and addresses of our congressmen and senators, and let them know that we are not going to stand for these things anymore. We have to stand tall for God. God has blessed us, lets be a blessing to everyone else!