And the people said, "Give U.S. a king!"

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner recently told FOX News, "We write 80 million checks a month. There are millions and millions of Americans that depend on those checks coming on time."

This is a sad picture of what America has become. How have we turned into a country of 80 million dependants who need government checks each month just to survive??

We should be furious with our government. But we should also blame ourselves. It reminds me of 1 Samuel:

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,⁵And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.⁷And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

We have rejected God as our king, and decided to replace God with Government. It is a sad sad state that America is in. All our leaders care about is keeping their power and getting re-elected. How will the change come?

With a new president? (Maybe, but only if its Ron Paul)

With a revolt by the people? (Could happen, but mostly I fear we're no longer a nation that will stand up for our freedoms)

With the collapse of the dollar? (Um...pretty likely at this point--I'd bet a dollar on that)

With the second coming of Jesus? (That would be too predictable. Savior don't work like dat)

By us becoming a European socialist country? (I'd bet a Euro on that too)

I hope we wake up before its too late. I know ultimately God is in control of everything that will happen to America and the world. And perhaps what happens will be what this nation deserves. I for one, would be sad to see the beauty of America fade along with our freedoms.