Return, O Church In America

Hosea 14

1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for your sins have brought you down.
2 Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.
3 Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”

4 The Lord says,
“Then I will heal you of your faithlessness;
my love will know no bounds,
for my anger will be gone forever."

As I read this, I cannot help but think:
Return O Church in America, to the Lord your God,for your sins have brought you down.
Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.
The U.S. Government cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have created,
‘You are our gods.’
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”

The Lord says,
“Then I will heal you of your faithlessness;
my love will know no bounds,
for my anger will be gone forever.”

How I long for that day of repentance in the Church in America.