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We’ve turned from God

To the Editor:

I am a Christian and sinful one at that. I admit I don’t always trust in God in my everyday life. Maybe when life gets too much to bear, I go to God in prayer.

This country of ours is in a whole lot of trouble and when a nation turns it back on God, this is what happens – mass shootings and terrorist attacks, the killing of innocent babies through abortions and birth control and now, in some states, assisted suicide. Not to mention an economy that is stagnant. This list goes on and on.

Now we have this presidential race with candidates from both parties promising to turn things around in our country, and I don’t believe that either one can get the job done.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, 2 Chronicles 7:14, God made a promise to Solomon it said, “and if my people, upon who my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my presence and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and revive their land.” This is meant for us also today in the 21st century and maybe it is about time we live up to our national motto “In God We Trust.”

This is an excerpt from the www.treasury.gov under the title “In God We Trust”: Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase received many appeals from devout persons throughout the country, urging that the United States recognize the Deity on United States coins. From Treasury Department records, it appears that the first such appeal came in a letter dated Nov. 13, 1861. It was written to Secretary Chase by Rev. M.R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel from Ridleyville, Pennsylvania. As a result, Secretary Chase instructed James Pollock, Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, to prepare a motto, in a letter dated Nov. 20, 1861: Dear Sir: No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.

Lola Schultz

Blue Earth

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