Friends,
I want to urge you before you read any further that you decide how important it is to act for those who cannot defend for themselves. You need to decide at this moment how important the sanctity of human life is and what you can do about it.
Every year over a million babies are killed through the means of legal abortion just in the United States. And even though Roe vs. Wade will not be easily overturned, the current Health Bill before Congress contains language which could cause your money (via taxes) to be used to perform abortions.
Living in a democratic society is blessing as we are able to elect those who will serve as our leaders. However, I do believe that God will hold us responsible for those who we place into positions of leadership and whether or not we use our voice.
James 1:27 says, "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." We have a responsibility to those who are defenseless and those who are unable to fight for themselves.
So what can you do?
1. Write your congressman. Yes, one voice seems trivia, but many voices are not. We must do our duty and speak the truth. What are we trying to communicate: That the new Health Bill measure must have clean and clear language which will not use any tax payer's money to support abortion (even in the forms of stipends to select one's own health insurance plan as they in turn could choose to elect a plan in which abortion is covered).
Follow this link to generate an easy to use email to write those who represent your vote:
http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/ and click on the tab "Take Action".
2. FORWARD THIS NOTE AND ADD A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS
Why is it that people choose not to act?
Perhaps they do not consider a baby that is still in the womb life, but mass of cells. Consider this:
By eight weeks, this little baby has all body systems present, including feet, hands, head, organs, etc. Even fingerprints are present! Even though the baby is only an inch long, the baby has a head with eyes and ears. The baby has a the basic structure of a digestive system. The heart is beating with its own blood! Even though technology has allowed us to know much sooner whether or not a woman has conceived, only a few decades ago a woman may have suspicions but would not know absolutely that she was pregnant until this time.
Consider these words:
JEREMIAH 1:5: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Psalm 139:13-14: For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
JOB 31:15: Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
PSALM 127:3: Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
Some may state that it is a choice, they are right. It is a choice to take a life or not to take one. We have been entrusted with the life that God has given us. Regardless of whether or not that baby is in the womb, 5 years old, 16 years old, or 45 years old, we have a responsibility before God to protect that life.
Proverbs 6:16-19: "There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers."
Written by, Joseph E. Butler
The Health Care debate has been going for many months now, and the final vote is to be made this Sunday, March 21, 2010. Despite an outcry from many pro-life advocates, government-funded abortions are still included in the Bill.
