I have been reflecting on many things which have been in the news recently. I am trying not to be discouraged or saddened, but it is hard. This weekend marked the 44th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade court decision which legalized abortions in the USA.
Today, I was reading the first few chapters of Exodus, which discuss the oppression of the Israelites under the king of Egypt. Because God was blessing the Israelites (causing them to grow and prosper), the king commanded the midwives that all Hebrew boys be killed at birth. "But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live. Because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own" (Exodus 1:17, 21). These midwives risked their own lives by disobeying the king. They sought to preserve life and were abundantly blessed by God for their faithfulness.
As I have developed a deeper, stronger relationship in Christ, I have realized every pregnancy is a gift from God. "God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them" (Genesis 1:27). So every human being is a creation from God, and a reflection of God! The destruction of any human creation is the same as destroying God. Children are God's blessings to His people. Yet here we are in the year 2017 claiming children are an inconvenience, unwanted and will spoil a woman's independence. Women have developed the mindset that they are the creator of their own destiny; they have elevated themselves to be their own god. They want the ultimate power to create and destroy life. With these false ideologies, women have been flocking to abortion clinics to exercise their power as god--to eradicate the life growing in their wombs.
Since 1973, almost 60 million children have been killed via surgical abortion (and an unknown number of children have passed away via chemical abortions--using pharmaceuticals and other potent chemicals to cause the newly created life to be destroyed). Sixty million is a big number and is hard to imagine. Sixty million people were killed during World War II, 60 million people is about twice the population of Canada, and 60 million people is about 19% of the current USA population. So, imagine one in about every five people in the USA being killed or about two nations of Canada being killed via abortions. That's A LOT of people!!! I often think about all these children--what precious gifts from God which were never given a chance to become a blessing to the world. As women have made themselves their own gods, they "turn their back on all God's mercies" (Jonah 2:8). What a tremendous tragedy.
"Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them" (Psalm 127:3-5a).
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