...Okay, then. What IS our primary duty? I pay my taxes, obey the law, help others where I can, pray; what have I been neglecting?
In hindsight, it looks like the main thing Americans failed to do that would have prevented this end was a widespread sustained and fully engaged generational citizen activism in the extreme. Think "Tea Party" activism, sustained from the time of our great-great grandparents carried through the generations in response to the over-reaction to the Civil War going forward. I think it's likely the only thing that could've prevented this outcome or something similar. Hindsight. Phhht.
The fact remains, year after year, cycle after cycle, the American people have gone to the polls and cast a vote for people who carried us further and further from the constitution. If prior generations only could have seen where that would ultimately bring us, and had a "Tea Party" of their own, and passed that kind of foundational zeal down through the generations...
IDP, I sense that you are trying desperately to come to grips with this last blow, to determine a course ahead that will allow at least a modicum of peace in your soul and heart, so please tell me what not laying down/not ceasing to fight but turning it over to God looks like in real terms?
You sense correctly, and I don't know. But Psalm 46 has been on my heart: "Be still, and know that I am God." In the end, that may be the most logical answer.
Can I trust in Him to tell me what to do, when to do it, when to fight, when to feint? That's difficult to do. But maybe that's what I need to do.
Every time lately that it has appeared we may have triumphed in a small way on one issue or another, we're defeated in the least likely of ways from unsuspected sources; it's as though we just can't catch a break.
Indeed. America's back is against the wall.