Confusing Times

I'm not sure exactly what I'll write, but I felt the need to write so here I am.  Actually, I'm a little unnerved due to an e-mail I read awhile ago.  I haven't checked with Snopes or any of those other places concerning the validity of the article, which sounds absurd, as if one could actually check the validity of anything these days.  Nothing makes sense; everything goes and trust is an unknown.

Goodness, I sound morose, so perhaps I shouldn't write.  But I've started now, so I'll continue - at least for the time being.  Back to the article.  Its written by a man named Dr. David Kaiser and the title of the e-mail is "What if he's right?"  Dr. Kaiser, a "respected historian" the introduction informs us, writes about the coming downfall of our great nation if we continue on the roller coaster path we've made for ourselves, especially during the past two years under the current Obama administration.  Dr. Kaiser makes a compelling argument, if the article is to be believed, and a compelling comparison between the United States now and Germany as it was on the brink of World War II under Adolf Hitler.

Yes, I know. I know.  It's silly to compare the two; at least that's what I've been told by some of my liberal acquaintances.  Well, perhaps it is.  Then again, perhaps it isn't.  Remember - what if he is right?  Then what?

I won't go into the details of the article, but I do advise everyone to search it out and read it for themselves.  Make your own decisions about what you read - after you do your research of course. 

Naturally, the e-mail ends with advice to send the message to everyone in my e-mail address book.  I'm not sure what good that will do, as the people I'd consider sending it to are, I believe, of the same mindset that I am. 

I don't want to "sit around and do nothing" while this great nation of ours goes down the tubes.  And I have to admit that the picture of America today is not one I am proud of.  Rather, it is a picture that makes me fearful.  It's a picture that disturbs me deep inside my gut.  What if he's right?  And if he is, what do I do?  What can I do? 

I've already read reports of the staggering amounts of money being spent on the upcoming election campaign.  And money most definitely talks, especially in this world we live in.  You have only to listen to the news to see this.  I remember years ago I read an article or saw a documentary about Walter Cronkite, in which he was given credit as stating that one should never be able to tell what political party a journalist belonged to.  They were to report the news exactly as it was, rather than give it their own political spin.  And yet I have only to turn to any news channel and within a moment or two, I believe I can accurately report which political party the speaker belongs to.  So the old adage "seeing is believing" has flown out the window. 

So we're back to the same question as before.  What if he's right?  And then my own question, quickly and anxiously following, what can I do?

Dear Father, what can I do - other than pray?

And so I pray.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thou art the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory
Forever and ever.
Amen.

For His Sake, I am but one.
But I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but I can do something.
What I can do, I ought to do.
What I ought to do,
by the grace of God I will do.
Lord - what will you have me do?

Amen.