Protecting the Helpless

This is a re-post (5-29-06) from my old blog(SgF).

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:14-16

Abortion: that terrible occurence that people excuse away as being a right. Yet, we don't have the "right" to murder someone out on the street~ I scream, "INJUSTICE"! How can the state control stealing and murder, but we are prudes if we demand rights for babies, elderly and the handicapped.

"There is a way that seems right to man, it is the way of death."
Proverbs 16:25

Yesterday, while at my in-laws house, I got into an unexpected discussion with my husband's grandpa, his grandpa~ so wise, quiet and loving. I was talking with him about how disposable our society is, how in the town that I grew up in, recently tore down a HUGE K-Mart that was only about 10 years old, NEW by most standards. The building was immaculate. The only fault~ it's ceilings weren't high enough for the Lowe's building that was to be built. No, Lowe's couldn't build around it OR let companies have the "old" materials for free, instead, they demolished it.

We talked of other things; how older folks are just as disposable as these "old" buildings being torn down, how people should recognize how valuable and ingenius these aged people are. A treasure trove of informationn, a wealth of knowledge. We talked of disposable lives. I spoke of how we are getting rid of unwanted children, unwanted elderly and unwanted handicapped humans.

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordoained thee a prophet unto the nations." Jeremiah 1:5

This is where the discussion shifted. He on the side of the woman with an unwanted pregnancy, I on the side of the helpless.

As we sat and talked, I hurt. I ached for him to see that a child is helpless, broken and easily killed.

We talked of rape and incest, I told him that I wasn't knowledgable enough to give my thoughts on it yet, but I still held strong on my beliefs about abortion. Deny this not, it stops a heartbeat. He didn't argue.

"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee." Isaiah 49:15

He spoke of young women getting pregnant~ "Why does she have to have the burden of carrying that child that she doesn't want?" I argued gently the point that s*ex in most cultures is to be in the confines of marriage, marriage usually equals family. Every time a couple lays together, the potential of procreating is, of course, there. Why do animals have s*ex? Why do humans have s*ex? We know the similarities and differences between the two.

In this world we have begun to believe that demolishing new "buildings" is acceptable. We believe that it's hardly noticable for a child to have divorced parents. We believe that old age is a burden, that health needs to be perfect to be happy, that we shouldn't suffer consequences.

A culture with no consequences, perfect people living perfect lives. No child to burden us, no elderly parents, no handicapped siblings~ eliminate them all when we are moved to do so~ so that we can have our own little Auschwitz.

How very, very sad.

"For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear. They will reject the truth and follow strange myths." 2nd Timothy 4:3-4

Adoption, it has touched many people in my life, in both aspects: adopting a child and giving up a child for adoption. Very positive examples of how we can avoid a life destroying abortion and give life to someone else.

~B