I Once Believed Abortion was a Good Thing.
I was a young teenager in 1973, when abortion was legalized in the United States. My mother subscribed to Cosmopolitan magazine. Both of us became pro-choice and how could we not be? In addition to all the other arguments, the feminists promised that abortion would end child abuse. Because every unwanted baby would be aborted before birth.
That was a failed promise.. You can’t get good fruit from a poisoned tree.
The Endangered Species Act needs to cover another species. (M. Puccini)
Why I Changed My Mind
I became a believer at the age of 20. Coming to know Christ changed my perspective about many things. I started to study the Bible, especially Jesus’ life. He didn’t value money. He also wasn’t addicted to being popular or famous. Often He offended people by speaking uncomfortable truths. Occasionally He healed someone and then told them not to tell anyone.
What did Jesus value? Human beings. Tax collectors were hated by their fellow Jews. Jesus recruited one to be his disciple. A blind beggar crying out for healing? Jesus stopped the crowd who was trying to get the blind man to shut up and gave him back his sight. . An outcast, slowly dying of leprosy? He went away cleansed. A grieving widow walking in her son’s funeral procession? She ended up hugging her living, healthy son.
My Spiritual Point
To follow in Christ’s footsteps means I need to mirror what my Lord values. Jesus counts every person on the planet as precious because He created them. Every human has an eternal soul; even babies in the womb.
In a single sentence, here is what I believe. Every human being on this planet has intrinsic worth. Does that include the unborn? Yes. But it also includes people who despise and even murder Christians.
The Bible is clear. Christ died for his enemies. He sacrificed Himself on the cross to rescue God-haters and He has rescued many.
Just check the history books.
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