Life, Precious in His Sight

My Precious Nephew

If you wander upon my blog today, I'm hoping you'll consider that it is not by chance. I haven't been blogging much lately, but I'm compelled to say just one thing today. Tomorrow is election day, and I will vote. For those who have become apathetic, believing the lie that their vote matters little please vote. But that's not the one thing, the one thing is "the why" behind my vote. Many issues are important to voters with the sorry state of the economy, the rising costs of medical care and drugs, fuel costs, the environment and the cost of daily living. These things concern me as well, however nothing concerns me more than the fact that our country still calls legal the murder of the smallest, most helpless of our population...little pre-born souls that perhaps may have been our future friends, leaders, entrepreneurs, parents, scientists etc. But we will never know them, no one will, because they were murdered as they slept where God had placed them. Over 48 MILLION babies have been slaughtered in the United States since 1973. This heartbreak motivates my vote because I believe that these children are more important than any of the above mentioned issues.There is enough scientific evidence available at this time, that we all now know that we're talking about human beings, and not the legendary "blob of tissue." The problem is that we have condoned their killing because "it's not our place to impose morality on others...who are we to judge?" Murder of adults is wrong and that is why we legislate that you may not commit murder in this country, in other words, we impose morality on murderers because it is wrong to murder. How much more so, our law should protect those who are helpless. But no, it's "not our place." Hogwash, law imposes morality and inconvenience on others, others who do wrong, every day in this land, and thankfully so. I don't stand in judgement of a woman with an unplanned pregnancy, but I do stand in judgement of a decision to murder because a child is not wanted, is inconvenient, even painfully so. Nothing a mother would experience...loss of job, loss of family, pain and agony, none of these things justify the murder of a baby. And please remember the overwhelming majority of abortions are of convenience NOT because the mothers life is in peril. Of course an unexpected baby will turn a woman's world upside down, but that is the consequence of choices made, and does not justify the snuffing out of another's life. So, yes, I am one of those "shallow-minded" conservatives who will vote based primarily on one issue and overlook the others. It is not because of lack of concern for the other issues, or ignorance of their importance. However I believe that LIFE is the most important issue. I believe that God cares about each LIFE, He is the giver and taker of every LIFE. Even if you're not sure whether God exists, do you you agree that the murder of 48 million babies is wrong? How many 911s, how many world wars would it take to amass such great loss of life? If I don't stand against murder, am I not complicit? I am compelled to vote my conscience.

Psalm 139:13+

For YOU formed my inward parts;
YOU knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.