It's November 4, 2020 as I write this blog. Some things I just need to share. In my opinion, the problems and divisions in our country have been with us for generations, perhaps from the very beginning. The past few decades have seen increasing polarization, though.
Who's at fault? Probably both sides. They just keep pulling farther apart with each passing year. People wave their flags and guns and holy books. Not just Christians, but Isis, too. Hmm...
Our country used to have statesmen in the middle who knew how to compromise when necessary for the greater good of the nation. But I don't think there are any of them left. President Carter, in my opinion, was among the last true statesmen. He was defeated after one term by Ronald Reagan 40 years ago today. ( I remember it vividly because as Carter was conceding, my water broke, and I gave birth to my first child about an hour later.)
It seems that ever since then we've been on a long downhill slide. For some reason, God has permitted this. He's chosen not to send us any more statesmen. Just politicians. Perhaps this is part of God's plan to wipe America off the map. Like the nation of Israel was conquered as punishment for their sins.
There was a song on the radio back in the 1960s called "The Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. It upset a lot of people by saying things I just did. But as the years of my life have gone by, I see it turning into an eerie prophecy.
I don't want this to happen, but I'm beginning to wonder if the Great American Experiment is failing, and one day we'll have to look back and realize it was all a pipe dream.
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