God Never Punishes With A Stick!

It is said the Pilgrims arrived on American shores seeking religious freedom. They knew that true freedom came only from Jesus Christ. They believed God was guiding them and made a profound effort to follow His lead. But did they (really) follow what God, in His Divine Providence, would condone?

Long before the Vikings or Columbus landed in America there were scores of Indian tribes inhabiting American soil. Not long after this "landing," countless Indians and their families were murdered, raped, and placed on small reservations; they were (forced) to speak English and to abandon their cultural languages and beliefs.

Today, the American populace cannot understand why the Ten Commandments and other Christian writings are subject to removal from courthouse doors, the money we spend, and why Christianity has been problematic when we evangelize and attempt to convert. The Bible tells us not only that a "divided house will not stand," but also says we basically cannot build a good life on faulty foundations. The same can be said for building on ill-gotten gains. The hard and plain truth of the matter is that when we stole the Indian's land, their women, their sons, and their culture, we rendered ourselves the contractors of faulty foundations. It is this writer's opinion, that God is (not) happy about how we obtained this country and how we have managed it since the acquisition. Why then, are we so surprised at the reluctance people pose to don any Scripture on the doors of present-day America?

To date, one American tragedy after another strikes our brave soldiers, but they are under orders from the very country whose past leaders were involved in this Indian takeover; and we cannot blame God either for the newest movement that is slowly removing God's Word from the doors of American government buildings. Could this be God's way of telling us He will not allow His Word on faulty foundations? Remember your old grandparents and the adages they used: "God Never Punishes With a Stick."

We can never be truly free if we mix what God frowns upon with that of which He smiles on - we must be hot or cold or - He will "spit us out!" What do you, the readers say? Let your true feelings outline this opinion, but please allow your conscience to lead you as your pen strikes the paper. Noteworthy - is that the Bible also tells us "what you do the lest my brothers and sisters - you do to me." Ever wonder if the Indians knew that verse?"