This was read in church
today, and it speaks to the nations of the world in a possible WWIII as much as it did to the WWII citizens of England.
“When London was being blitzed
during World War II, this article appeared in one of the British newspapers:
We have been a pleasure-loving
people, dishonoring God’s day, picnicking and bathing. Now the seashore is
barred—no picnics, no bathing.
We have preferred motor
travel to church going. Now there is a shortage of motor fuel.
We have ignored the ringing
of church bells calling us to worship. Now the bells cannot ring, except to
warn us of an invasion.
We have left our churches
half empty when they should have been well filled with worshippers. Now they
are in ruins.
We would not listen to the
way of peace. Now we are forced to listen to the way of war.
The money we would not give
to the Lord’s work, now is taken from us in higher taxes and the high cost of
living.
The food, for which we
refused to give God thanks, now is unobtainable.
The service we refused to
give to God is now conscripted for our country.
Lives we refused to live under
God’s control are now under the nation’s control.
Nights we would not spend
watching unto prayer are now spent anxiously in air raid precautions.”
“Blessed is the nation whose
God is the Lord.”—Ps. 33:12
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