What Does It Look Like to Be 232 Years Old?

If you've seen the movie, Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, you have a fictitious idea what a 243 year-old man looks like. But what would a 232 year-old look like? Well, if you're talking about a 232 year-old country, she'd look like America.

This July 4, we will celebrate our 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which set forth why the founding fathers were separating from England. In the almost two-and-a-half centuries since then, these United States have transformed from a 13 colony, rag-tag republic, to the superpower of the 21st century. The great democratic experiment still continues, and with much success!

However, not all is well on the horizon. Though we live in the richest nation on the planet, a large percentage of Americans have borrowed themselves into bondage. Though we enjoy the opportunity of education, capitalism and free enterprise, many are dependent on the government coffers for their regular subsistence. It is, as Dickens once wrote, it truly is "the best of times, the worst of times."

But all is not gloom & doom yet! If we would only return to our roots, and get back to the basics our forefathers built America upon, we would find that our best days really are in front of us and not behind us! I'm convinced that we're right where the Sovereign King of Kings wants us. At the end of ourselves, and looking to Him for help. After all, He was the One who inspired the first Declaration of Independence! And if He did it before, I have it on His Word that He's still able to do it again (look up Hebrews 13:8 if you're not sure)!

So, happy birthday America! And, as we like to sing, "and many more!"

Here's the trailer for our next series at church, Back 2 the Basics.