Deacon's Diary

Deacon's Diary for Sunday-July, 6th

deaconlwg | July 07, 2008 04:48

Deacon's Diary is a weekly feature that appears on the back side of the bulletin at the FIrst Baptist Church of Avalon, Texas.

National theme park.

This past Friday we celebrated the 232nd birthday of our Nation. As I watched the fireworks bursting across the horizon on Friday, I couldn't help but wonder what our founding fathers might think of this nation today. What would the men that put the whole thing in motion think?


If they read one of the newspapers today it would not take long for them to find out that the nation still faces many challenges.  The economy is strained by rising oil prices and the falling value of our dollar. It would be clear to them that we have enemies, in the form of terrorist, that are bent on seeing much harm come to us and to our way of life. They could also not help but notice that our two political parties have very different views on how to tackle these problems and that the the vitriol between the two parties is as robust as it ever was.


It would take a certain amount of arrogance for me, or for any one else, to say that they know without any doubt how any of our founding fathers would feel about any one particular issue. They themselves had plenty of disagreements among them. When one reads some of their quotes this is more than obvious. However, I did notice one thing in their quotes, one theme, that appears to be evident to them all.


For example, when John Adams said, "July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.*  Thomas Jefferson said, *The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man.* And Benjamin Franklin asked the question,  *God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? " This theme continued to show itself when Patrick Henry included this quote in his last will and testament. "This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.*


Quotes like these can be seen throughout the founding documents of this great nation. So while our founding fathers may have squabbled over policy decisions, it appears to me that most of them, if not all of them, put their faith in God. They consistently gave all glory to God. And, when faced with the task of making difficult decisions, it would appear that they put all such matters to prayer. I find myself iin total aggreement with them on that.

archives | Next | Previous | Trackbacks (0)

 
Accessible and Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS
Powered by LifeType - Design by BalearWeb - Hosted by New Technologies.