God in U.S. again

God in U.S. again

Dear Editor,

I was horrified, saddened, and angry when I witnessed on TV what the terrorists did to the people and buildings in New York and at the Pentagon.

I've shed many tears as others have for the victims, survivors, the families of all of these and the rescue workers. They all need prayers. The rescue workers face grimmer tasks each day as they find more bodies.

We've watched these horrors in foreign countries, never dreaming it would hit us.

Fellow Americans are pulling together in unity as never before. We see signs all over reading "God Bless America." I have a song on a tape that a friend gave me titled "We need God in America Again." As a Christian, I definitely feel this is what we need in America.

One woman years ago was responsible for Christians losing many of our religious freedoms and today the ACLU is trying hard to take away more of them. It's time for Christians to pull together to put God in America again.

With the possibility of a war looming and seemingly inevitable we need to keep our service men and women in our prayers, as we've been told America will have casualties. As I watched the U.S.S. Roosevelt pulling out of harbor, I thought of all those men and women, especially my nephew Wesley.

Many people are asking why God allows suffering. I also asked that question four years ago when my daughter Linda died of cancer. I hope my pastor doesn't mind my quoting him from his message Sept. 16, but his message was very good. "God gave us free will and suffering comes from freedom of choice.

Suffering is not God's fault. One of his points is: God uses suffering to bring people together. This awful tragedy has done that.

I plan to write our senators and congressmen to help put the Bible prayer and most of all God back in our schools, and our state federal offices. I urge all Christians to do the same. Many people would be against this, but they have free wills if they don't want to participate in prayers and Bible reading in school and public offices.

The Gazette prints the names and address' of government officials often.

Lucile Banzhaf

McCook