Memorial Day is a day for honoring those who have died for our country. They gave their utmost in defending the United States of America. It is a day for contemplation. Why must we fight for our country? Did they die in vain? What if Japan and Germany had defeated us in WWII? What would the world be like if China was to rule the world? Our country is worth defending, even with all the chaos that is going on in government. We need to continue to have a strong military.

But we also need to be under the protection and favor of Almighty God. Let’s pray for our country, and let’s be both the proper citizens of heaven and of America that we need to be.

Alexis de Tocqueville is attributed with the observations in the 1830’s:^[1]

Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts—the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.

I sought for the key to the greatness and genius of America in her harbors and her ample rivers …; in her fertile fields and boundless forests …; in her rich mines and vast world commerce …; in her public school system and institutions of learning. I sought for it in her democratic Congress and in her matchless Constitution.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.^[2]

• Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
• Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
• Proverbs 21:30-31 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

  ^[1] Federer, W. J. (2001). Great Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Quotations Influencing Early and Modern World History Referenced according to their Sources in Literature, Memoirs, Letters, Governmental Documents, Speeches, Charters, Court Decisions and Constitutions. St. Louis, MO: AmeriSearch.

^[2] Ibid