Life Matters


I cut out the above cartoon several years ago.  I depicts a think-tank with the results of their latest study:  Life is a leading cause of death and they recommend against it.

It's funny because it's true.  You can't die if you are not alive.  So life, in fact, is the leading cause of death. 

It's funny when we think of it in terms of all the studies on food and nutrition and health.  It seems like every study releases reveals that eating or drinking something will inevitably lead to our death due to some debilitating disease.  But the reality of this cartoon is far too often we take the punchline seriously.  Since life is the leading cause of death and hurt and pain, as a society, we simply opt not to choose life.

This week marks the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion.  In that time, over 56 million abortions have taken place. 56,000,000.  Let that number sink in for a minute.  While we decry gun sales, wars, health concerns about food additives and government health care, all the while, as a country, we have sanctioned the death of 56,000,000 children.

That angers me.  It angers me because God's word, in Jeremiah 1:5, clearly states that life begins at conception.  But it's not just one verse.  Isaiah, Job, Psalms and Acts all state this fact.  Life begins at conception.

Yet, in our need to feel good about poor decisions, we, as a culture, promote the idea that an unborn baby is just a fetus and that the womb doesn't contain life.  We lie to ourselves to console our decisions.  But life begins in the womb and life matters.  It matters to me because it matters to God.  He formed life.  He created it.  He values it.  So should we.

As we pass yet another year of sanctioned murder, we must take a hard look in the mirror, at our country and ourselves, and ask what we are doing to effect change.  You see, as believers in Christ, we are called upon to do more than just rally against abortion. We are called to love those carrying babies, whether they be wedded or not.  We are called to help out those in need.  We are called to support those who choose life.

Are we?  Because abortion is murder. It's wrong.  It's against God's design.  But so is turning a blind eye to the problem.

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