Silent Screams & Wicked Hands

Wow, I'm all kinds of inspired to write today. This will be the third post...as if I have the time to spare. I'm reading up on some topics that interest me and I spotted an article that reminded me of another article I got in the mail. A very potent and very short article. Honestly it was more like a paragraph... It concerns the abortion issue.

Their are no shortages of opinions and heated emotions on this matter and it seems that half of them are born of people being tired of dealing with it. Generally I don't approach it as it is not one of those topics that I have weighing on my heart, but back to the point. This article had one verse on it and then a short paragraph putting it into a question form. The verse was Jeremiah 1:5, 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." I will add to this that the 6th commandment is do not murder (and that Jesus has linked murder and hatred together in the NT) because this is very important to the point.

Now, you and I have both heard the arguments of the day for abortion. That it can be done up to week 3 or 6 or up to the second trimester or other variations. All these are based on some form of reasoning or rationalization that life does not begin until well after the baby is growing, but when placed up against the God that gives life they are nothing less than foolishness. So what do we say to those who argue for when "life really begins"? Point to your Bible and Jeremiah 1:5, let them know that God had planned for them to live before they were even conceived. Tell them that because God had planned them and had already set aside the breathe of life for them, that they are only arguing to take life. They are advocating murder and defiance of Gods law. They may not understand (but you can explain it if they let you) and they may not appreciate the gravity of it, but they will have no where to hide from that truth. Worried about busting scripture out on someone? (I think I'll write a post about that next.) Fear not, scripture has withstood the advances of and crushed the tyranny of much more than their wicked hearts and plans. Don't be afraid to use it, but please use with love.

These are just my thoughts and my placement on the issue of abortion.