250 Years

“Four score and seven years ago our Father brought forth upon this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

That’s all I have memorized.

When Abe Lincoln wrote this Gettysburg Address it had been 87 years since the birth of our new country.

That’s just one whole grandma.

I’m the grandma of these two little American girls dedicated to that proposition.

It’s now been 12 score and 10 years ago since the birth of our country.  That’s only 3 whole grandmas.

If you look at the average lifespan of a nation it turns out to be just 3 whole grandmas.

Since the beginning of grandmas, we have had a history of the Lord telling us how to live one nation under God to lengthen its lifespan.   None yet have.  God modeled and instructed how to build a nation.  And under the inspiration from the Holy Spirit, King David prayed for  such a nation under God.

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory and the majesty.  Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is Your kingdom.  We adore you as the one who is over all things.  Riches and honor come from You alone.  You rule over everything.  Power and might are in Your hand.  It is at your discretion that people are made great and given strength.  We thank You and praise Your glorious name.   But, who am I and who are my people that could give anything to You.  Everything we have comes from You and we give You only what You’ve given us.  We’re here only for a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us.  Our days on earth are like a shadow gone so soon without a trace.  Even materials we’ve gathered all belong to you.  I know my God that You examine our hearts and rejoice when You find integrity there.  O Lord, make Your people always want to obey You.  See to it their love for You never changes.”

This nation’s posture gave praise, bowed low, and knelt before the Lord.

We’re living here in this land.  It’s only for a moment, as our grandmas were before us.  The Lord examines the posture of our hearts.  Let’s give praise, bow low, and kneel before the Lord.

May He rejoice and extend our nation to another whole grandma and another whole grandma.

Under God.

1 Chronicles 29