America Has Forgotten Its Role. It Is Time For It To Lead Again

There will always be a remnant of Americas that will not buy into the lie that our Patriotism should be replaced with guilt, our courage should be replaced with cowardice and our precious liberties replaced with dhimmitude.

America has done its share of deeds for which we should feel regret but our apologies have been made and it is time to raise our head and proudly stand tall as the greatest hope of mankind, not bend in shame nor bow in submission to those we perceive as superior. Our role in this world has been to lead the way, to shed light on a dark path that has in so many corners of this globe led only into more darkness. It is a role we cannot afford to relinquish. America will always be a beacon of hope despite the agenda to replace true hope with shallow hype.

No one else is fit to carry the standard that has set us apart since our creation and it is our responsibility to mankind to see that we always stand head and shoulders above a struggling world even if we do not have all the answers. We must never settle for being a part of the problem just because others choose that role to play but America must always be the place where the impossible is possible and where it is accomplished often.

The guilt we are told we should carry serves no purpose. The shame we are told is ours serves no purpose. While even our leaders envision a post-American world, for the sake the people the world over, that must never become reality. Our job is not to be just like everybody else. It never was. And our job will never be to apologize for what we have accomplished. America changed the history of the world in ways never before imagined possible and we refuse to live in shame for our mistakes.

Life’s greatest lessons come from making mistakes but you shake it off and get back in the game or you are useless to the world. It is time to reclaim our rightful place.

Created for a higher purpose we have turned wilderness into a paradise and traded blood and sacrifice for freedom, liberty and untold opportunity. Simply because we have leaders who cheerfully bow in inferiority does not mean that we have to clothe ourselves in that spirit. We can be humble without sacrificing our dignity. We can serve without becoming slaves. We can lead without arrogance and audacity. There is little in this world more noble than a leader who serves in humility and leads with strength and courage not an arrogant display or misuse of his position.

Men who changes this world for the better have done so with a nobility of heart and a understanding of purpose that cannot be replaced by arrogance disregard for that purpose.

America can be looked to not because we are better human beings than those who are denied opportunity but because we have been chosen by God to show the potential and possibilities available to mankind. No nation has been so imaginative and innovative as America. No nation has been so loving and compassionate as America. No country has offered more hope and opportunity and a place where a man or woman can expand and grow to experience the potential of humanity as America has proven herself to be.

There is power in taking the role of world leadership with humility, grace and honor. It is not power that corrupts but the misuse of it. The same fire that heats our homes and cooks our food can also destroy if it gets out of control and expands beyond its useful boundaries. The same water that gives us life can drown us too. Such is power, a life and world-changing force that will destroy those who think they can be its master and wield it selfishly and foolishly.

When those in power lose their way, America is at risk. In many corners of the world today and throughout the history of man we have seen what happens when power is used by selfish ruthless men simply because they could. There will always be those whose jealousy and hatred for our way of life will seek our destruction. It is a fact of the world we live in. But their agenda should never deter us from our own noble one.

No one can move ahead with head bowed in shame for past mistakes. We have to hold our head up to see where we are going. Our focus must be on the future of America not its past and where we are destined to go not where we have been.

Our enemies can envision a world with no America. Can you? When I do I see a world not fit to live in. One where a hopeless humanity has no higher standard to look to and without that example believing in a better world seems futile.

To emphasize it once more, our apologies have been said. Our penitence paid. Our regrets acknowledged. Now it is time to recognize our continued greatness and boldly, proudly and with purpose move in it to a brighter tomorrow. America depends upon it. The world depends upon it. Humanity depends upon it.