Restoring Honor

I'm watching live on C-SPAN Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, DC. I cannot help but think of the thirty-second chapter of Genesis in that American patriotism is being idolized. Idolatry is as old as our species because of our need for concreteness to cope with incomprehensible abstraction. When we cannot grasp our inherent value as children of God, we attempt to justify it through the citation of accomplishments which we want to believe are consistent with the eternal order. We contribute our gold to the creation of a calf which tangibly represents the glorification of self and country because we are too impatient--and perhaps too lazy--to align ourselves in harmonious relationship with the Creator. The age old dilemma is still before us: do we honor ourselves or God?