Historically flawed? Sure. What country isn’t?
Why Should We All Truly Love America?
Alex McFarland with Charisma News writes:
America, I love you!
Economically resilient, stubbornly optimistic, miraculously birthed, divinely blessed, statistically exceptional America.
Historically flawed? Sure. What country isn’t? But I love America! And so should you.
Merta (not her real name), now in her 90s, recounted her story to me—a child’s story of terror. Her father owned an old tube radio, illegal under Nazi occupation. As the war raged on and the Nazi soldiers advanced, they would huddle around the radio, the volume barely audible. Merta’s family found hope listening to a gravelly British voice—Winston Churchill speaking of freedom.
“I remember being outside with my father one day,” Merta said. “In the distance, we saw soldiers. ‘Hide!’ Papa yelled. But when he came for us, I will never forget the tears in his eyes as he cried, ‘We’re saved! The Americans are here!'”
Merta’s story is a story retold thousands of times across the globe. I love the American values her story represents. When I say that, people counter with various historical references to America’s failures: slavery, racism, wars.
The “It” boils down to a dismissive, “America made this or that mistake, and it’s unforgivable.”
As a Christian, I believe the highest form of my faith is forgiveness. Jesus demonstrated this on the cross when He said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.”
I can forgive America’s missteps and failures because I love America—not sweep them under the rug, but forgive and do my part to keep us from failing again. I love America for many reasons. Here are a few:
