November. We are thankful as we complete the gathering in of ripened crops that mature under the autumn skies. In November we honor our veterans who fought so that we stand free. We give thanks for our freedom of worship set in the beginnings of the pilgrims' landing, and the signing of our Declaration of Independence. It is the month when Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address November 16th 1863, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. So that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. J. Edgar Hoover wrote an essay about the hope for America's future. 

America's Hope for the Future

If there is hope for the future of America. If there is to be peace and happiness in our homes, then we as a nation must return to God and to the practice of daily family prayer. Can we build homes without God, or have worthy parents who do not know and practice his teachings? Our nation is sadly in need of a rebirth of the simple life, a return to the days when God was a part of each household. When families arose in the morning with a prayer on their lips and ended the day by gathering together to place themselves in His care. As our nation grew and prospered, has overcome vestitudes and adversities, its people never lost faith in a personal God. Our generation seems to have allowed old, faithful, religious practices to slip into oblivion. As a result, family life has weakened and our nation has suffered. A godless home is built upon sand. It is an inviting, breeding ground for moral decay and crime. My hopes for the future of this nation is predicated upon the faith in God, which is nurtured in the family. 

November. It is the month of treasured moments with loved ones, a month of warm thoughts as we share the warmth of a fireside glow. Warm Thought: In America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is the latest milestone on the voyage that never ends. God bless America. 

Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G. Werner 

November 6th, 1997

Published in the Marion Record

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