Hello, thank you so much for joining me today, forgive him 15, because we're making a difference.

And the title of our post today is, the God of Providence.

At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, brilliant founding father Benjamin Franklin called for prayer to end the contentious impasse being experienced.

We quoted from his speech in a recent post. A portion of his appeal stated,

I have lived, sir, a long time. The longer I live, the more convincing

proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to

the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?

We have been assured, sir, he said, in the sacred writings that except the Lord build, they labor in vain that build it.

I firmly believe this, he said. I also believe that without

his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel.

Wow. Without question, Franklin and those gathered with him at the Continental Congress believed that God wanted and needed to be involved in the birthing of America.

On that specific occasion, they asked for his help in fashioning the Constitution of the United States of

America. Just let that sink in. God was involved in every facet of forming this nation, including our

Constitution.

In this challenging time, when some are trying to destroy America's Judeo-Christian roots,

keep yourself reminded of this.

I'm always shocked and bewildered when I hear Christian leaders ignorantly deny that America was God's idea.

In their ignorance, they sometimes sign on to the blatantly obvious attempt to silence patriotic

Christians by using the ridiculous phrase, Christian nationalism.

Or Christian nationalists.

Many of them contend that the only nation God ever birthed is Israel.

However, Job 1223 tells us,

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