A Better Way

There was never a time when all  Americans were Christ followers. There have always been atheists, agnostics, and those who worshipped deities other than the Judeo-Christian God. What has always been present is the sense of right and wrong, and that there is someone greater than we are. There was an admission life was sacred even in the dark moments of slavery. While not everyone firmly adhered to the right, we knew right existed. It never stopped deviant behavior but there was a moral compass and everyone did not seem so bent on pretending there are no consequences to being lawless. Until now. Many find God offensive, and those who worship him obstacles preventing the nation from truly casting off all restraint.  But are we better now than when God was welcome in the public square? Are we truly freer and more enlightened now that we have reinterpreted the Bible to match our standards? NOT according to the last news broadcast I watched. It is in returning to God we will be saved. Those who live without the law (of God or man) will undoubtedly perish without law. Righteousness lifts up a nation; sin is a [disgrace] to any people. The hating, incivility,  and senseless killings will not stop until we have standards  higher than ours. It's not too late. We can still  return to in God we trust.