Life is Precious

I really don’t like to write about controversial issues. I am a person who likes to make everyone like me, but my ultimate goal in life is to glorify God. I have recently been in many conversations about abortion. Now, before you shake your fist at me, I want you to know that I am a writer and I write what God lays on my heart, and that is between Jesus and me; I am just sharing.

Now, that we have that clear, I am going to come right out and say that I believe abortion is wrong and is a sin. I believe every child is a gift from God. Today, as I sat with my friends and their newborn, I realized how life is precious. The bump in her tummy that I rubbed a few days ago was now laying in front of me. Those tiny fingers and nose were created by them same God who created this entire world, no, the entire universe! It says in Psalm 139:13:

                For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

The term “fetus” that doctors use, is actually a life. The little one has a heartbeat and kicks the mommy when she eats something gross. To me, this child has to live a different way for a time. Instead of eating with a spoon, the child uses the umbilical cord. Sound familiar? Feeding tube. They say that the child has no “feelings”. Yes, they do. Push on the mother’s tummy gently, and the baby is going to get agitated and hit you back or move. They might not understand what they are feeling, but we all develop more every day. I am not the same person that I was yesterday.

So the common argument I hear is it is the woman’s right. I thought of an analogy. Let’s say you took your child to a babysitter and when you came to pick your child up, the babysitter tells you that she decided to “take care of it” because it was poor timing. If I was the mother, I would probably become outraged beyond words. It is the same concept. We are just God’s instruments to raise His children.  It is never about us, it never was supposed to be.

I am not here to condemn a woman who has had an abortion. She may have thought it was the right thing to do. Sin is sin. I am guilty of it every day! However, there is hope. The hope is Jesus. He is our salvation. The Bible says:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16      

       

I am blessed by this family, and I rejoice because of the hope and love that we have in Jesus!