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America Has Abandoned God

Let's quit turning our backs.

 Isabella Ramer
Jul 11, 2016
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
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2016 has seemed to face one tragedy after another. Policemen are being shot. American citizens are being shot. During 2016, we have woken up to heartbreaking tragedies day after day, month after month. When scrolling through my Facebook timeline, I hardly ever see happy news anymore.

Some may say God has turned "His" back on America. I think just the opposite. We, as Americans, have turned our backs on Him. We have quit praying. We have quit going to church. We have quit helping others. We have quit giving. We have taken the "moment of silence" out of schools. We have taken religious monuments out of the public eye because we are afraid to offend anyone.

While we have quit doing all these thing to honor God, we idolize sinful behavior. We listen to rap music about cheating, doing drugs and drinking too much. We idolize fame, money and sex. We do not pray for others, but only for ourselves. We have became selfish in our own needs.

As Americans, we need to wake up. There are so many Facebook posts about "black lives matter," "police men's lives matter" and "gays lives matter." At the end of the day, all lives matter. All lives matter to me, and all lives matter to God.

During this time, we need to wake up, America. We are self-destructing. We need to begin to pray for America. We are over here killing each other, while American soldiers are out all over the world, away from their families fighting, so we do not have to live in a war zone like we are creating for ourselves.

God gives us 10 simple rules to follow:

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.

2. You shall not make idols.

3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

5. Honor your father and your mother.

6. You shall not murder.

7. You shall not commit adultery.

8. You shall not steal.

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

10. You shall not covet.

For every one of these commandments, I can think of a news headline of Americans breaking these rules again and again. Even if you are not religious, are these rules not good for mankind?

So, America, let's quit turning our backs on God, and let's bring him into our lives because we need "Him" now more than ever.

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