AMERICA! BLESSED … OR NOT?

During virtually every speech given by the President, he ends it with "God bless the United States of America", or words to that effect.What´s more, it is commonly expressed by Americans, that we are a Christian nation, or at least one that was founded on Godly principles.This gives the impression that we have been and are being truly blessed by God. But just what does that mean? What exactly do we mean we speak those phrases and what do others think when they hear us speaking such? I won´t give a direct answer to these questions here. Instead, let me just point out a few observations.In fact, let me respond with another question or two. Do we really know what a blessing is? Would we recognize one if we saw or experienced it? Our words infer that we certainly do expect blessings from God. But if that is the case, then what do we do – how do we handle a blessing? First of all, we have to recognize that the blessing has come.I would like to discuss only one for this writing. And I will try to look at it from a non-partisan view.For the past 9 months, we have been fortunate to have (indeed blessed with) one of the most brilliant and caring men to ever occupy the Whitehouse. Although he inherited the biggest challenge that a new President has faced, at least in the last 70-75 years, he has accepted the challenge with profound eagerness. If ever a man was made for times like these, it seems that this is what we have in our current President. And if we could make a comparison with previous holders of this office, he has to be one of the hardest working Presidents of all time. He not only has rolled up his sleeves and tackled the job at-hand but he eagerly seeks out new challenges and seemingly never complains.
The points listed in the previous paragraph more than makes my point, but there is one more thing that is noteworthy. It is amazing to me, and I´m sure others too, how he has persevered and performed his work unnerved and almost un-detracted by personal attacks. And it seems like he simply does not even know how to retaliate against his opponents. This is truly amazing! I don´t know how long this will last, for everyone has his or her breaking point. But for now, I must say, God truly has blessed the United States of America.