Years ago, I asked an older gentleman how he handled dueling demands. Charlie leaned back in his desk chair and gave me a fatherly smile. “It’s not hard,” he said as he tucked his thumbs in his suspenders. “Just do the right thing.”
Charlie’s been gone for years. But rarely a week goes by that I don’t hear him behind me, “Just do the right thing.”
Let’s take another look at the most common reasons for an abortion:
“The timing is wrong.”
It’s not about now . . . what about 5, 10, 40 and 80 years from now?
“I can’t afford a baby.”
What, besides money, can you give your baby?
“I have issues with the father.”
The traits that make a man a good father make him a good man. Why are you in a relationship with a man who isn’t good?
Romans 15:9 (TLB)
May God who gives patience, steadiness, and encouragement help you.
These are the most common reasons women choose abortion. Good sense? Or excuses?
“The timing is wrong.”
“I can’t afford a baby.”
“I have issues with the father.”
Whose voice is she hearing? God’s, or the enemy’s?
John 10:10 (ESV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
God designed the womb to be a safe shelter for unborn babies.
Psalm 139:13 (CEV)
You are the one who put me together
inside my mother’s body.
Let’s be honest. Many women are distressed by their pregnancies, and abortion looks like the solution to their problem.
Hundreds of pregnancy centers offer encouragement instead of an easy out, compassion instead of condemnation. Many of these centers are affiliated with Care Net. They offer pregnancy testing, parenting classes, car seats, clothes, diapers . . . plus the love of Christ and the good news of the Gospel:
“We do this because we are not only pro-life, but Pro Abundant Life. This means supporting women and men before, during, and after birth with the resources and information they need to raise children in an environment where they can thrive.”
Abundant life—mom, dad and baby. Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
I learned this little ditty early on. Some folks must have missed that lesson.
“O be careful little tongue what you say
O be careful little tongue what you say
For the Father up above
is looking down in love
So, be careful little tongue what you say”
Years ago, when Haiti was going through a change in government, I asked a Haitian friend which ones were the good guys. He answered, sadly, “there are no good guys.”
Sometimes, here in my own country, I wonder which ones are the good guys.
Lord God, send in the good guys.
I heard last week that not one of countries with the worst quality of life for their citizens is governed by Christians. I haven’t researched that statement, but it lines up with Scripture.
Psalm 33:12 (NIV)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
