has created you and me, fearfully and wonderfully, and given us value:
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
The Lord God is our Creator, and on this day when thousands are gathering to celebrate life and decry a tragic Supreme Court decision placing a governmental stamp on the taking of pre-born babies' lives through abortion, we can reflect on how special each of us are, that God made us, full of biological and emotional intricacies - He has given us our lives. and He sent His Son to die for each and every one of us, so that we might know Him and live with Him eternally.
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We choose to worship God, the author and the sustainer of life, the One who has ordained every living human being - who are we to play God and attempt to take the life of another, including a pre-
born child? In the New Living Translation in Acts 3, Peter is chiding those who took the life of Jesus:
15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
16 “Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.
Life - it is the winning cause; life triumphs over death, light can overcome the darkness!
In snowy Washington, DC today, it's the annual March for Life, commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the dreadful Supreme Court decision allowing legal abortion in America. And, there are all sorts of signs that the pro-life movement is gaining momentum.
Yesterday, at the Evangelicals for Life gathering in the nation's capital, co-sponsored by Focus on the Family and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Focus President Jim Daly, according to The Christian Post, said that evangelicals in the pro-life movement need to go on offense. He stated in a panel discussion, along with David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress:
"That's what I love about what David's done with the videos, what many people in the movement now are going to say, 'hey, we've got great news.' Let's find some ways to continue to reduce the number of abortions, let's find ways to get more people adopted," continued Daly.
"We have many tools at our disposal and the biggest one is the culture is moving with us … Momentum is on our side. Now let's not make it more complicated by being ugly. Let's use the love of Christ to keep that momentum going."Also on the panel was Charmaine Yoest, President of Americans United for Life, who said:
"I do feel like there has been an under the radar offense that has been very aggressive and we've been able to be very strategic in how we've been pursuing an agenda that [is] a stealth agenda," said Yoest.
"We're going to do things that we can do that are right in front of us. A lot of times people get frustrated because they want to see a big change and yet we're able to affect big change by moving it to the ground that's right in front of us."Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, a pro-life champion in Congress, wrote in the Washington Examiner:
...the pro-life movement is stronger than ever and making serious, significant and sustained progress.
At the state level the gains have been historic — 282 pro-life laws have been enacted since 2010 including laws to stop dismemberment abortions, require a 72-hour waiting period, and informed consent. All of these measures save lives.
Earlier this month, Congress sent the president landmark legislation to end taxpayer subsidies for Planned Parenthood. The Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 rolls back much of Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood. Special thanks to Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McCarthy, Chairman Price and others in leadership for crafting this lifesaving legislation. In the last year alone nine powerful, pro-life measures have passed the House, including the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.The pro-life movement is advancing, yes, there is momentum, and hearts are changing toward the pro-life column. I cited earlier this week the Knights of Columbus/Marist poll, which shows, according to the Knights of Columbus website:
The survey found that more than 8 in 10 Americans (81 percent) would restrict abortion to — at most — the first three months of pregnancy. This includes 82 percent of women polled and nearly two-thirds (66 percent) of pro-choice supporters.
Additionally, 77 percent of Americans, including 79 percent of women and 71 percent of pro-choice supporters, say that laws can protect both a mother and her unborn child. Only about 1 in 5 (17 percent of Americans, 15 percent of women, 23 percent of pro-choice identifiers) disagree.
The poll also found most Americans see abortion as both ultimately harmful to women and morally wrong.Today, as we continue to celebrate Sanctity of Life month, we can reflect on the life that God has ordained for each of us. Every human being - each and every one, born or pre-born - has value and we should respect the creation of God and recognize His supreme hand in ordaining life. You have value - and God loved you so much that He sent His one and only Son to die for you so that you might have eternal life.
And, as pro-life people, we can rejoice in how the cause is advancing. Yesterday, Dave Sterrett, author of the We Choose Life resources, discussed how the younger generation is flocking to the message of the sanctity of life. Thousands are braving a blizzard in Washington today to demonstrate that they choose life, and they are dedicated to battling and overcoming the darkness that would seek to take life. It should be our goal to seize the momentum, to recognize that life supersedes death and the light penetrates the darkness. We can see this landscape in spiritual terms and know that God is on our side as we seek to uphold His view of life.
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