Greater Love



When Jesus gives His New Commandment in John 15:12, "that you love one another, just as I have loved you.", He follows that commandment by stating, vs. 13, "Greater love has no one than this that one lay down his life for his friends." With that powerful statement in mind, what should we call abortion? It is not laying down our lives, but taking lives for our convenience and economic well-being. Jesus warned of a time when the love of many would grow cold. Killing the most innocent and helpless humans on the planet sounds like love "gone cold."



"Raising that child will be too expensive, and will hinder my career or plans for my life." Yes, it will. But isn't that the nitty gritty of laying down one's life?



Often pictures of abortion have been banned from the public arena because they are too graphic. The pictures simply portray the reality of little body parts being cut up. The graphic nature of the pictures is simply a result of the horrifying reality of the process. I hear rumblings that it is getting harder to find medical professionals to do abortions because of the horrific reality that you are cutting little babies into pieces.



I believe that those who approve of this process should be required to hold the arms, legs and heads of the babies who are destroyed by abortion. If you move abortion into the ethereal realm of debate over rights it has a much cleaner, more sterile sound, than the reality of what actually takes place behind closed doors.



If we are so proud of the rights to abort may I suggest a business possibility for the stimulus money out there. Someone can design some picturesque glass jars in which we can preserve some of the aborted parts of these babies. We can then proudly display these preserved parts on our mantles in our homes, or we can let our kids have them on their bedroom shelves to assure them that if they ever are involved in an "unwanted pregnancy" that we will not punish them by making them have a baby, but they can simply have their own parts jar to show how much we respect their right to choose. Or, maybe, we should keep the process hidden, like it is, because it really is shameful!

We should, if abortion is simply a matter of rights, extend the rights to cover new borns, toddlers and even teen-agers. Otherwise the rights are being denied on the basis of age and that is discrimination. In fact, there should be extended a child's right to choose, since some would like to do away with inconvenient parents. And if their rights are denied that would also be discrimination on the basis of age. We need to establish a first come, first served policy when doing away with unwanted family members, parents to get rid of children or vice versa. I say this sarcastically now, but the mentality of selfishness is leading not too far off this path.

Maybe, those who subject babies to abortion should themselves be candidates for abortion

if we vote them unwanted or a hindrance to our economy. That would qualify congress, the president and those that dress up in robes and call themselves Justices. They could be subjected to the same barbaric process that they approve of. We of course would not call this murder, killing or any such toxic word. We could simply call it post-fetal abortion. The way we label something helps us to change our thinking about it.

On the other hand, maybe it would be best to have a greater love and actually lay down our lives for those we conceive. Consider others as more important than ourselves. We are in deep need of a Spirit of repentance to return to America again. Blessings to you as you endeavor to be salt and light.