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    Nuggets for the American Conscience: “This is our moment in time.” A time to journal!
    Nuggets for the American Conscience: “This is our moment in time.” A time to journal!
    Nuggets for the American Conscience: “This is our moment in time.” A time to journal!
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    Nuggets for the American Conscience: “This is our moment in time.” A time to journal!

    By Oscar L. Avant

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    America has walked away from the Judeo-Christian values that once anchored it in greatness. We have abandoned our roots.
    As a result, we find ourselves lost in a maze of problems for which we have no ready solutions. While, as a nation, we have never lived up to the ideals that are embodied in our Constitution, it has remained for us a goal and an aspiration. We can never realize this goal without God’s help.
    Oscar L. Avant highlights God’s template for living—one that can get individuals and the nation as a whole back on track—in this book. If you follow this template, you will be blessed. But if you discard it, you will find yourself on your own.
    Get answers to questions such as:
    How can America be more responsible in its leadership?
    What steps can we take to hear each other more effectively?
    What are the negative consequences of turning away from God?
    Why is it important to look to the Bible for moral guidance?
    Written in a journal format, this book encourages you to reflect on your own deeply held values and let those thoughts guide you on how to live life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateDec 4, 2023
    ISBN9798385012398
    Nuggets for the American Conscience: “This is our moment in time.” A time to journal!
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    Oscar L. Avant

    Oscar L. Avant is a pastor, mentor, poet, former US Marine, and a retired engineer with several patents. He and his wife, Diana, have been married fifty-three years and provide Christian counseling. They live in Ashton, Maryland, and have two married adult children.

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      Nuggets for the American Conscience - Oscar L. Avant

      Copyright © 2023 Oscar L. Avant.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      844-714-3454

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      All Scriptures are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®, Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-1237-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-1238-1 (hc)

      ISBN: 979-8-3850-1239-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2023921661

      WestBow Press rev. date: 11/30/2023

      God provided us a template for living. When we follow it, we are blessed. When we discard it, we are on our own.

      Contents

      Preface

      Our Changing Values

      The Stranger

      Truth and Lies

      The Imposter

      The Liar

      The Masquerade

      Truth, Lies, and Mistakes

      Balancing Your Rights

      Freedom

      How Dare You

      A Stilled Small Voice

      God’s Little Farm

      Of Human Life

      Interchangeability

      Decisions

      Just Like Me

      God Has a Plan for You

      What, When, and How

      Penny-wise Thoughts

      The Thoughts You Think

      The Bees and the Flowers

      The Spring Flower

      Honoring

      Do the Best You Can

      A Mate for Man

      Woman

      My Sheep, My Shepherd

      The Lost Sheep

      You Too Can Change the World

      The Apostles

      Remembered

      Legacy

      Invest in Tomorrow

      When Tomorrow Becomes Today

      Who’s in Charge?

      Man and God

      Lord, Open My Eyes

      My Blind Eyes

      He Ransomed Us

      Redemption

      Life’s Choices

      Choose

      Our Blemishes and Our Debt

      The Mirror, the Law, and Christ

      A Prayer for Sins

      My Prayer for My Sin

      The Storm Poems

      Katrina, Katrina

      The Sands of Sandy

      Observations

      Lincoln’s Response to Civil War Crises

      Senator Daschle’s Response to 911

      Conclusion

      Bibliography

      Preface

      America is at a precipice. We are on the brink of danger, and my sense is most Americans believe things will self-correct without their serious involvement. We have become accustomed to things working out favorably, even when we remain silent and aloof. Hear me! Today’s challenges are different, and unless we heed and change our ways, we are in for a rough ride. Who among us is willing to be the change that we need to set things right? The needed change begins with the individual decisions that we make. It is you and I individually and collectively who are we the people. That is why I have chosen the format of this writing to be a journal. I want the reader to reflect and journal on the values that are held deeply and let those thoughts guide how you live and commit your daily lives. You likely will not agree with me on every point of view. That’s OK. I am convinced that when you or I seek truth, we will find it. Truth will not contradict itself. There is not your truth and my truth. It is only "the truth."

      As with Babylon of old, many nations of the world see America as at the forefront of human progress. We proudly assume that role. But to whom much is given, much is required. We owe it to ourselves and humanity to be responsible in our leadership. Worldwide we see wildfires, droughts, heat waves, intense storms, atmospheric rivers, and floods the likes of which we haven’t seen since the times of Noah. Additionally, every few days in America, we see mass killings in our schools, churches, and other random places where people gather. We have political disarray such that those who should craft laws and policies to promote the good can’t agree on which way is up or down. We forget the lessons of the

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