I get confused a lot. By math, why God created mosquitoes, if black is really a color or just the absence of color, and and why Greenland is all ice, and Iceland is all green--these are only a few of the things that I ponder yet can't entirely understand. But, I think "perplexed" is a better word for what I'm going to write about. "Of something complicated or unaccountable, cause someone to feel completely baffled." <- definition for perplexed.
Yes . . . I am definitely baffled by the complicated topic of abortion.
Do people seriously not know that an unborn child is a human being? Why is it that they have no protection? How come they're not considered babies until they're born? What if one day, everybody realized what they're doing to these little people?
6 months, or 24 weeks is the legal age limit on abortion in several states. But at just 22 days old, a baby has a heartbeat. At 5 weeks his eyes, legs, and hands have started to form. By two months, all his organs are in place and forming, he has fingerprints, and he's able to hear. At three months, he has tiny fingers complete with fingernails, he can turn his head, and hiccup. At four, he'll be sucking his thumb, his mother will feel him moving around, and he can dream in his sleep. By five, he's half as long as he will be when he's born, and he has eyebrows, and by six months, all his organs are complete. He has a newborn baby's face, his body is catching up in proportion, and his hearing is well developed; he can recognize his mother's voice.
Maybe he has blue eyes. Maybe his hair will be curly, and maybe his favorite color will be orange. Perhaps someday he'll have a puppy, run around outside with a kite, or love to play tennis.
Oh . . . never mind. His mother doesn't want him. He was a mistake, he'd just be a nuisance, you know how children tie a person down. The doctor doesn't care. The law says "yes". So, time to put mama under and get rid of him for good.
"It is a poverty that a "child must die", so that you may live as you wish." --Mother Teresa. But, why
must a child die?
As most people know, there are several species of animals that are protected by law. You could get a large fine or even go to jail for killing a certain type of
animal. Yet, so many people get a salary from killing a
person.
What's worst about all of this, is how terribly sorrowful it is to God. He hates it. It's not only brutal murder, it's also the shedding of innocent blood, and destroying a work of God. Abortion devalues human life. God made each and every one of the millions of babies in the world in His image and for a purpose. And killing them is not just an abomination to our King, it's an attempt to destroy His perfect plan for that person.
I believe abortion is horribly wrong. I know lots of other people do, too. But, what can we do about it?
We can pray. Pray for our leaders and for the people of the world, that they'll come to know God and turn away from sin. That the fathers and the mothers' hearts will be changed. And, we can pray for the unborn babies everywhere, that they'll have lives to glorify God with. God is the only One who can really do anything about this. He's in control and He is powerful enough to change the world. Let's bring it to Him.
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb; I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, and I know that full well."
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