Social media always has its share of politically correct posts & memes. Recently, with all the news of new abortion laws being passed, it seems like you can't even think Facebook without an abortion meme popping up. The pendulum swings between everything is acceptable to nothing is acceptable. Sharing a meme is an easy way to state your opinion. If you look at my Facebook page you can see where I basically stand, but a meme does not give any real details or reasons behind ones belief, so I thought I'd try to put a few thoughts down on "paper".
Two of the many scriptures that stand out to me the most are found in Psalms and Isaiah.
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my
mother’s womb." Psalm 139:13
"Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb
he has spoken my name." Isaiah 49:1
These verses tell me that God knows each and every child that is conceived. He knows who they are, who they will become. He knows how the pregnancy is going to go, if there will be problems or not. He knows if they will have blond hair and blue eyes, if they will be a boy or a girl. He knows if they will have downs syndrome or cerebral palsy. He knows this. He also does not make mistakes. When we try to take control of a situation, when we abort a baby because of a possible defect or not so perfect timing, then we are saying that God made a mistake.
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14
The scripture doesn't say. I am fearfully and wonderfully made only IF I am perfect. It says I am fearfully and wonderfully made... period. Even a child with sever disabilities is still fearfully and wonderfully made and fits into God's perfect plan. Is it easy to have a child with a disability? NO! Can God still use that child? YES!
Abortion is a sin, just like a whole list of sins listed through out the Bible. However, in some ways I see abortion is a double sin, because not only is it a sin against the mother's own body, it is also a sin against another human being, an innocent, helpless person. Abortion stops a life. It is murder and murder is one of the "big 10" sins listed in the 10 Commandments. I know that sin is sin, but when a sin is listed in the "top 10" I can't help but feel that it is a little more serious. Another thought, when one sins against their own body, it is sin, it is wrong. However, when someone sins against another person the sin has a larger ripple effect - more people a effected by it - it feels bigger.
As a Christian, I am called to love. However, it must be remembered that love does not mean that I love or accept the sin. I am to love the person, but hate the sin. In today's society, people seem to be confused between the person and the action. There seems to be an idea that if you hate an action then you hate the person - which is just another of Satan's lies meant to pull people away from God. Real love sometimes means telling someone that what they are doing is wrong. This telling needs to be done in a loving way, but it also needs to be done in a way that shows the seriousness of the situation.
