"God Bless the Whole World"

I saw a bumper sticker this week that read "God Bless the Whole World".  How often do we see "God Bless America"?  A lot!!!  There are 5 billion people on the planet.  Only 300 million of its inhabitants reside in the United States, yet, as Americans, we think the world revolves around us.  We are, perhaps, the most narcissistic society on the globe.

The world is full of incredible diversity and people with rich, deep heritage.  In our country, we minimize the significance of other cultures because we have been "blessed economically".  I'm very thankful that we are fortunate to have "things" here in America, but prosperity is not the single most important factor to one's existence.

The influence of the Christian religion over the centuries has fostered the idea that we in America are the only people in the world that know the "truth".  How often do you hear Christian leaders point to our economic success as evidence that God has uniquely blessed us and us alone.

Granted, the structure of our society has brought order and success, but to say that we are unique in the world because God has blessed us and us alone is false.  Frankly, there are so many good things in other cultures that we lack in America that I wish we had.