American Crossroads

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Do Americans utterly understand what this single sentence means and why it was written? As children, we memorized the words and made to repeat them aloud, but was the meaning ever taught? The preamble, or a simple explanation of the intent of the constitution in its entirety, comes down to seven words that matter most. “We the People, do ordain and establish...”  The constitution goes on to create the means for which this single sentence explains, from electing people chosen to represent, to what the job of the government clearly is, and to establish how justice will be exercised. Those simple, handwritten pages of four created the means to ensure domestic tranquility, common defense, promote the general welfare of the states, and most importantly, to secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity. It truly is as simple as four pages yet mostly ignored and trampled upon in our Country today. Our nation is believed to be formed under the protection of God, through divine providence. Believing this to be true, I personally believe that the Constitution, while not perfect, was written by man and is as close to God’s will as we can get when the principles it contains are upheld. Instead, corruption and greed reign in the halls of government and justice, where political ideology supersedes foundational principles, in turn, we see a crumbling Country that has fallen far away from the Godly principles it was founded upon. Jesus spoke clearly that a nation or even a house be divided against itself, cannot stand. The moral center of our beloved nation has stopped spinning, where every evil and wicked action is free to take hold, often with little to no repercussion or accountability, and in turn the nation the people have today is exactly the nation they deserve. As in the books of Kings, when the people are right with God, their nation thrives and prospers, yet the opposite is also true when the people fall away and allow the evil and wicked to run amuck.

It is easy to fall into a dark place looking at the state of our nation, and even the world, but that despair truly is not necessary when we understand that God also has given us a doctrine where Liberty, at all costs is to be preserved. The first three paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence offer a roadmap to Godly restoration:

In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Our wonderful nation was not created to serve a crown, nor a group of elites in society. It was not created to provide for the whole of the people, to ensure equal gains or even equal loss. The founders of this nation created a place where one had the right to choose their own path, where opportunity was equally available to succeed and or fail. To try or to not try. The goal was simple, secure Liberty for themselves and the future of this nation still yet to come.

For roughly 90 years, these principles were mostly upheld, yet as we are again taught in the bible, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The rich and influential around the nation began to use their money and influence to corrupt the governing system in their favor. Fast forward to today and we cannot even see a remnant of our foundation. Our elected representatives, military and law enforcement all swear to uphold the constitutional doctrine, yet few know what the words even say. How can one swear an oath to act, to support and defend a document, when they do not even know the doctrine, it contains?

February 2026…. The current state of the Country has maybe never been darker. We have political ideology that has divided our nation in a way that we have not seen since 1860. We have a nation of people that would rather see the other side dead, than try to absolve their differences and find a path forward. We have governments at all levels overstepping their authority intentionally, and we are setting up a path to outright authoritarianism where the federal government threatens to interdict by force, into issues that are clearly reserved to the States unless and until they ask for help. Looking down from a 30,000-foot view, Liberty is one move away from succumbing to checkmate. Nobody finds it strange that the narrative today that we must “Burn it Down” has not been countered by any party? In fact, the very thought was put out from the federal government itself when the attorney general stated that if the Epstein files were to be released unredacted, that it would burn down every American institution. The Government rarely speaks out of place, and we all must now question their motives in saying something so inflammatory.

History has also shown that once power has been usurped, it is rarely, if ever freely relinquished. Government does not freely reduce itself, nor will the appetite for power ever be subdued. For this very reason, the Founders of our nation understood that it was not just a right, but a duty of every man, when government becomes abusive and destructive, that it must be altered or abolished to preserve and secure Liberty. Every state constitution contains a similar clause, reaffirming that power is held by the People, for which we simply consent to delegate some of our God given authority into a governing body whose entire purpose is again defined in the single sentence that proceeds our Constitution.From every lens that we can examine, the governments today fail to perform their simple duties.  We do not have domestic tranquility, nor can it be forced into fruition by threat of violence. We do not have justice in any shape or form, instead we have abusive governments using the system to punish and enslave people, forcing them to follow doctrine that should never have been written. The justice system is used to punish political enemies and protect the societal elite, in turn truly creating a 2-tier system of injustice. The one thing I can agree we have, albeit not in line with constitutional doctrine, is the greatest means for common defense. The American military is the mightiest on the planet, yet we must question if it is being used righteously for common defense. We must understand how the misuse of the term “promote the general welfare” is the greatest usurpation of federal authority that has ever happened. Every unauthorized agency that exists in the federal government comes from the abuse of this term found in both the Preamble and in Article 1 Section 8 of the actual Constitution. Our founders intended that for the States to be able to stand on equal footing, the welfare of the State, meaning the overall condition of the state government to properly enact their duties, must be maintained and if needed, assisted to reach the necessary standard to perform those duties. It does NOT mean what the word has morphed into today, where it is the duty of the government to provide for the welfare of the people through financial support. Finally, securing liberty. It would be a challenge to find a single act of legislation today that works to do this most important duty. The only securing the government performs today is the securing of its own power and the ability to enforce that upon our People.America, we are at a crossroads. There will come a time when too much of our authority will have been stolen to fight back effectively. We will always hold our inalienable rights, but the ability to protect ourselves while executing those rights is in severe jeopardy. But Liberty is indeed a dangerous realm to traverse, especially when so much power has been usurped and so many people have been brainwashed that the government is “Here to help.”  The solution to our problem is nothing new. When one continues to read the Declaration of Independence, they read the grievances listed as to why separation is required and justification to a candid world that truly when governments because dangerous and abusive, it is our right and duty to throw it off and install new guards to protect our Liberties.

What would our current list of grievances look like? Many that the founders listed are again relevant today. Over taxation, misuse of public funds, abuses of power, unjust courtrooms, and the list would continue on and on and on. What the Founders understood well, and we see again in plain sight today, is the fact that people will accept evils coming from their government if the evils are sufferable, meaning that they can just deal with the pain because the pain of fighting it is not worth the effort.  Something similar today would be that you “Can’t fight city hall,” a message that our Patriot forefathers would laugh at.

Our solution doe does not have to be drafted; it has existed for nearly three hundred years through the historical accounts of the actions taken by our forefathers and mothers. They chose dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. They chose to build parallel systems of governments and economies as they strengthen their resolve. They chose to act, so their posterity had a chance to live free of despotic regimes and authoritarian rule. They saw the same evil and wickedness that we witness today, yet they acted as we remain idle. We sit waiting and ask, “are the evils still sufferable? Are they truly that bad?”

I say they are that bad. The evils we see today rival those read about in places like Sodom and Gomorrah. Wickedness and evil reigns as good people continue to choose suffering. Our children are being raped, abused, beaten, and even eaten... and that is no exaggeration or hyperbole, and we sit idle, wondering yet again, “Is it truly that unsufferable?”  When we look at the attacks, our children are the focus. From schools to colleges, social media to even some churches, their bodies and minds are under constant assault from the wicked. Jesus says that those that would hurt the little ones that believe, it is better for them to be tied to mill stones and drown that to face the judgement that will come. I say we are complicit in the acts when we are NOT gathering rocks and rope to put to effective use.

The truth is that change will not come peacefully. We can hold that line for a while, maintaining the high ground in hopes that Jesus can change the hardened hearts of the wicked. We can stand firm saying NO MORE. I NO LONGER CONSENT, AND I RECLAIM MY RIGHTFUL DUTIES THAT I DELEGATED TO GOVERNMENT. We must understand the definition of the word delegate. It means that a higher power temporarily gives permission to lessor power to complete a task or duty. The duty has always been our responsibility to perform or to ensure that it has been performed correctly by our creation. The creation can never be mightier than the creator… That goes for both man and government alike. We have a duty to ensure and secure our Liberty and that of our neighbors and our posterity.

So, what does that look like? Step one: We must realize that the future of this nation sits upon our shoulders. The choices we make going forward will define what this country becomes. In short, we need to not draw lines in the sand, but in wet concrete so that they cannot be erased. Those choices fully relate to our ability to remove our consent to be governed. This does not mean that we choose anarchy. We have guidance written in stone and a pathway created by divine providence to follow. It simply means we remove ourselves from the system and re-calibrate the processes again, without the wickedness and corruption. We stop feeding the beast at all costs to life and limb, and in turn we protect each other when the government wolf comes to collect. We execute extreme protection with extreme prejudice, sending a message to those that would try, that its time they go away or they are next. Think of it like an old building. The bones are good, the foundation is built upon solid rock, but it has been infested by vermin and insects that have made the home unlivable…  We could just bulldoze the entire structure, OR we can strip it down back to the studs that are still good and solid, and rebuild something beautiful and use the lessons learned on how to kill the rats and bugs, in turn keeping them away, forced into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Let them cry, let them talk, but let them not back into the hallows of this great nation. Now if they refuse to leave, then well that is the same dangerous liberty that we face today, they will face tomorrow as the power shifts back to the People.

In the meantime, read the Declaration fully. Understand the grievances and establish your own on paper, then read and learn the constitution. We cannot rebuild on a foundation if We the People are ignorant to the doctrine it contains. Then prepare. Build upon your mind, your body, and your spirit. Be prepared for dark times but know there is a light at the end of a short tunnel. We have a foundation that works. Men, you will need to be able to provide for your family and be able to defend yourself and your neighbor. This is a critical component, so train your body and your hands for battle. It is a foregone conclusion that battle will come. Lastly and most importantly; Get right with God. Talk to Him, tell Him your fears and show Him your heart. You will find guidance, and know that we will all be judged, but when you give yourself to Him and repent, you will be saved… Jesus tells us that any man that will give up his life, take up the cross and follow him will live...  We are in a battle for righteousness. The crossroads spoke of will be where this Country turns back to God, combatting the evil and wickedness and removing it from our land, OR when we turn fully away, letting the cards fall where they may. The first cannot be achieved by waiting to see if someone or something else is coming to save us. Only you can save yourself and in turn become a soldier for God used to save this Nation…Train, Learn, Fight, Prepare…. Then get ready to STAND FIRM.