Something someone spoke about on 910 AM radio:
The enemy is nonsensical. We can see when something is the work of the great deceiver.
A woman couldn’t afford an abortion so she shot herself in the womb to kill her 6-week-old fetus. She was charged for 3rd degree manslaughter. The paper states that she killed her baby girl, when the baby is otherwise referred to as a fetus. What makes it against the law? That the procedure was done in her home rather than a hospital room? That some medical doctors and nurses were deprived of some money? What makes the same act perfectly legal and even a “right” in one situation, but against the law in another? Society attempts to sugarcoat the truth of the ugliness of the issue using words like abortion instead of murder, a fetus instead of a baby, a woman’s choice over what to do with her own body rather than motherhood. But that doesn’t change the truth of it.
Like Larry Parrault once said:
“Isn’t that remarkable? There are illegal and legal ways to kill unborn children. We are more likely to call it “illegal” when we have an emotional reaction that it’s yucky.”
Its sad to see the many things that have become twisted in modern society.
What our world has come to:
1. We’re trying to end life in the womb (abortion) and recreate life outside of the womb (stem cell research). Isn’t that absurd?
2. We sometimes see the gift of bearing life as somewhat of a burden. I hear many people nowadays say things like, “I’m not sure if I want kids” or “I just want one.” We fail to realize the great blessing of being able to raise holy families. God has such great plans for family life. If only we were open to it.
3. In God’s word, “knowing one another” often refers to sexual intimacy. However, a girl once came on the Jay Leno Show and talked about going to a bar to get picked up. When asked if she knew the names of those guys she “hooked up” with, she remarked, “Oh no, that would be too personal.” What a contrast!
4. Some time ago, adultery was unheard of and something punishable by death. But sadly, infidelity has become what’s common, expected. Long-lasting marriages are almost rare and applauded as accomplishments, rather than as the standard.
5. Where has faithfulness gone? Even in our friendships. We have millions of friends on facebook, but we struggle to find a faithful friend in our own lives -those that are committed to our betterment and encourage us to be men and women of God.
Thank the Lord for mercy. Thank the Lord for grace. Lets commit to praying for each other and offering whatever support we can to our brothers and sisters.
