The Spirit of America can overcome

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This is about a vision that a friend had, and my interpretation of it. There have been many empires and nations on earth, but only a few were symbolized by a woman. What does she have to teach us today? With America facing a rocky future, can we learn, and gain strength from our most recent generations?

As America finalizes its most wounded political and economic season, many declare that America is headed for irreversible disaster. Others, especially its enemies, say there is no hope, that this country will fall forever. Can America make it back to a recovered position?

A dear, very reliable, friend of mine told me of a vision she had when she woke up a few days ago. She said it was NOT a dream, but a vision, because she was definitely awake. I will try to describe and represent faithfully what she told me.

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The Vision

She saw a woman from the 1940s, with a wounded left arm, trying to climb a large green mountain. She was dressed in a small print dress, bobby socks and shoes. Her hair was now thinning, and gray.  She would have been our mother or grandmother. No matter how hard the climb, or how tired, or hurt she was, she kept on going.

Hers was the generation of women who had to step in and keep America going at home, because all the men had left for war. She had to perform men’s jobs, take care of the home, when there were no modern conveniences,  learn to ration supplies, pray, and keep faith in God for her country, and grow her own food. With all this, she also had to raise and teach her children. She was an honorable woman.   She was a woman of great courage, and principles. 

Many also lost their husbands, and sons, and brothers to the wars, and had to continue on with a very difficult life alone in the world, as single mothers. But, what was strong about this generation of women, was that they kept on going, and never gave up. Without them, none of us would be here today.

We are her children

This type of woman, however, did not die with that generation. There is a bit of her in all of us, because her legacy and example was passed down to all of us – her children.

We are not just a country of people. We are a country of values and traditions and strengths. When disaster strikes, people come together, and help each other. We make sacrifices, and go into burning buildings, and hurricane zones, to pull out victims. We rally around idealistic cries, and raise our hands in praise to an awesome, and magnificent Creator God.

Our soldiers pray in their foxholes, and our children pray for their leaders. We become angry when we are attacked for our goodness, and fight back, because we will not submit to evil. We help our poor. We help the poor of other countries, and nations. We travel to the other side of the earth to bring supplies, to rescue people in trauma. We have even forgiven and helped our enemies, and become friends with them after a war.

A Decision to be made

So is all this going to stop? Is it all over for now? Well, maybe someday, but this vision gives us one last hope to recover America.

The woman represents the spirit of America. The woman is wounded, but she keeps on going. She keeps climbing back up the mountain to get back where she was. She still has her values, and she is not giving up.

Will she stay up there once she gets there?

That is up to us, her children. Will we learn from her example once again, or give it up as we abandon what we stand for? We can heal ourselves, if we do not forget the woman we came from.