It would seem that nuclear terrorism may be becoming a more realistic threat to America these days, but there is good reason to hope for the future, both in secular and in religious terms. For those of us with faith in Christ, there shall be no harm that can be eternally inflicted upon us by our enemies once we are in the hands of our Lord and Savior. We know that there is nothing that they can do to us because we shall be in the hands of the Living God and He has promised us that none who He has called will slip through His hands. For those who lack that faith, we can look to Japan and realize that a country can recover spectacularly from near total devastation of its infrastructure and two nuclear assaults on it.

I suspect that if there ever is such an attack on America that it will inflict great turmoil upon our people, which is to be expected for obvious reasons. However, I have faith that we would recover and become a better, wiser nation rather than be destroyed by the attack. America is not New York City, Washington D.C., Los Angelas or any of the other big cities, rather it is thousands of villages, towns and cities. I think that such an attack would force us to reevaluate our immigration policies, take our security more seriously and care more about getting results sparing the feelings of those who fit the profiles of those that have attacked us in the past. We would have to scrutinize our politicians' foreign friendships as thoroughly as we scrutinize those of the people we screen for security clearances, but such an attack would fail to destroy us because we are too large of a country for such pissants to be able to destroy all at once. The only way that we can be truly destroyed is if we allow ourselves to go quietly into the night.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all I say use this night to reflect on what can and will be, rather than the evil that constantly surrounds us. One way or another, there is a bright future awaiting us.