What a crazy time we live in.
When Christians are fighting Christians on the morality
of killing babies.
When we need to take to the streets to speak for the
unborn.
When, in our country, three hundred babies are killed
each day.
When speaking of their deaths is cause for hate and
ridicule.
When defending them is looked upon as heinous and
anti-woman.
How did we get here?
Please, Lord, let us move on from this ludicrous place.
Let me tell you a story:
Once upon a time, my mother (my biological mother) found
herself pregnant with me. She was in grade 11. Her own mother was dead. It had
to have been a truly horrible, frightening time for her. Seeing no other
choice, and most likely out of fear, she went to the doctor for an abortion. I
am so thankful that he, a Christian who was not afraid to call abortion what it
was, told her that there was a baby inside of her – not a fetus, not a lump – a
baby. He said that there were many, many people who wanted to have a baby
inside of them and couldn’t. He told her that if she would consider not killing
the baby inside of her, he would help her along the way and find one of those
families to take me.
To be honest, I am amazed that she made that choice –
yes, the choice – to carry me to term, without a mother’s help or guidance,
while likely being ostracized by her peers at school; and, for all I know,
without the support of her boyfriend. It must have been terrible. Her plight,
as with the plight of women like her across
Canada and the World, fills me with compassion.
And yet, her plight does not justify murder. How have we
come to question that truth?
If she had have been raped would we justify her killing
her rapist? No.
Why is it that defending the baby inside of her is
somehow an attack on her and her rights?
How are we not scratching our heads at this bizarre logic
of the 21st Century? How are we not filled with compassion and yet
justice as well?
All I can think of is Romans 1:28:
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge
God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
Today, with the March for Life at the forefront of my
mind, all I can do is cry and pray for this world that we live in.
~Pray that God will forgive us for this daily atrocity that
we are committing.
~Pray that God will forgive us for letting our discomfort
prevent us from defending the defenceless at a personal cost to ourselves. (I
have many thoughts on the subject of support for pregnant women and the unborn
babies inside of them.)
~Pray that eventually God will shake this darkness off of
us.
~Pray that the number of babies dying each day will no
longer be so devastating.
I know that this sounds emotional, but it should be an
emotional topic for believers. I understand why those who do not have redeemed
minds and hearts can turn a blind eye to this – or even support it passionately.
But I do not understand how someone who loves and serves Jesus Christ can.
Maybe this sounds harsh, but the truth of God’s word
should be.
For the Word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of
spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of
the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
And what does the Word of God say?
For You formed my
inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I
am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it
very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and
skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.
Psalm 139:13-16
Let that truth shape your beliefs,
Christian.
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