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As Americans we have inherited a beautiful land, a promised land. As we travel around our country in the summertime we realize just what a grand inheritance we have received. We have also been a destructive people. We have not taken care of this rich and gorgeous land. We constantly engage in a battle to preserve the environment. We can be grateful for the men and women through the years who have had the vision to create and preserve our national park system that protects our country's wilderness areas from development.
In one sense our nation is a promised land, but in another sense it is a "not yet" promised land. Fortunately, in every generation we have had special people call our attention to the biblical admonition: "Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God..."
Jacques Maritain once wrote: Americans seem to be in their own land as pilgrims, prodded by a dream. They are always on the move -- available for new tasks, prepared for the possible loss of what they have. They are not settled, installed..."
In one sense our nation is a promised land, but in another sense it is a "not yet" promised land. Fortunately, in every generation we have had special people call our attention to the biblical admonition: "Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God..."
Jacques Maritain once wrote: Americans seem to be in their own land as pilgrims, prodded by a dream. They are always on the move -- available for new tasks, prepared for the possible loss of what they have. They are not settled, installed..."
