Obviously this message is directed at believers, so those of you who don't believe can either continue reading or browse some of our other Pro-Life messages.
Millions around the world pray every day for the end of abortion, euthenasia, infanticide and other horrible crimes against humanity. My question is, what are we praying for?
Let me rephrase that. What are we praying will happen and how will these things end?
Are we praying for God to strike down those who commit such actions? I doubt it.
Are we praying for women who are having abortions to change their minds and not have abortions? Possibly.
Are we praying for those who make the laws to protect human beings in the womb from abortion and the disabled/elderly from the disconnect? Probably.
Are we praying for strength and courage to speak out against Euthenasia, Stem Cell Research, Abortion and Cloning and do everything we can to stop those horrible crimes against humanity?
I hope so!
Though prayer should be a part of everything we do, we need to do more than pray. We need to do more than walk into a polling booth, push a button and then go back to our daily lives. We need to do more than talk or write about how bad abortion is.
How did you get your job? Did you just sit in a room, not talk to anyone, pray and voila!? I'm sure you prayed, spoke with others and submitted applications, or someone you knew had a position available.
How did you get your car? Did you pray for a car and it then appeared in front of you? No, you had to do something and someone else had to do something, and unless you won the lottery, you have monthly payments to go along with that car.
If you cut yourself, do you pray that the bleeding will stop or do you put a bandage on it? If you break your arm do you pray for it to heal itself or do you fix the broken arm?
In my opinion, prayer is important. It should be in the beginning, the middle and the end of our processes and events in life. By itself though we're not going to get much accomplished when it comes to certain issues that require our action and intervention.
Almost 50 million people have died at the hands of "doctors" in the United States alone since 1973. Over one million more will join them every year.
How will abortion stop? There is the legal side and there is the spiritual side to abortion. As long as abortion is the law of the land, women have the legal right to commit a mortal sin, which obviously damages their spiritual side. If we make it illegal and less available, a person will not only know it is wrong/illegal, it will also give them more time to deal with the spiritual struggle.
We can't make someone not murder another person, but we shouldn't make it legal for them to do so. By making abortion legal, we condone and support the legal murder of innocent human beings.
If all I do is pray, 4,000 more people will die today of abortion.
If all I do is sit in my room and pray, my world as I know it will change around me.
If a child is being slapped around in front of you by an adult and you see the obvious abuse against this poor child do you stop and pray or do you stop the person? If a bully is kicking around the books of a disabled person and making fun of that person do you pray or do you step in to help the person? If a person is being shot right in front of you, what do you do? Most would probably run, duck or freeze in fear, this would be a natural reaction to something so violent.
Abortion is the murder of an innocent human being. It is an act committed behind closed doors and hidden from society, but it is murder nonetheless. Just because we don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening and it doesn't mean we don't have to take action to save those innocent people. Human beings are literally being ripped to shreds inside the wombs of women around the country. We may not see them but thousands are still dying today.
Prayer is important but it can't be all that we do to stand up against tyranny and injustice around the world. It can't be all we do to challenge others not to kill.
Join us in the Monthly Call for Life on Friday. Every month on the first Friday we call, email and/or march to let our representatives know that abortion needs to end.
Should we be praying for things to change or should we be praying for change and, at the same time, strength, courage and determination to defend the defenseless and help the helpless?
Please... pray, AND take action!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" (Edmund Burke).
United we stand - Divided they die - Pass it on
I am curious. Is the political struggle regarding the banning of abortion backed by anything else other than Christians believing abortion is a moral sin?
Other than the religious grounds, what other grounds are there against abortion? Saying it is "immoral" is only backed by religious belief, right?
If we are living in a democracy then there should be a clear distinction between church and state, in which case arguments for abortion backed by religious ground are invalidated.
Unless you are after a theocracy of course, which is what it seems the devout Christian-Americans are looking for from an outsiders perspective!
Why should a non-Christian have to live by Christian values?! If you are Christian and you don't want to have abortions, don't do it! Why force your belief set on other people?!
It is the oldest story in the book! Do to others as you would like to be treated! How would Christians like to be forced to have abortions if the government felt they were not capable of supporting a baby? They would find this outrageously unfair, just as non-believers find it when Christians try to push their thoughts about abortion onto them!
Please do enlighten me to arguments against abortion that do not have religious grounds - I would love to have my eyes opened towards any as I have never heard one.