The Devaluation of
Human Life
Pastor Steve Nash
During my
many trips to India I would often have wives come to me for prayer. There was a language barrier which made it
difficult to know what they wanted from the Lord. Many of them would place their hands upon
their stomach with tears in their eyes.
I was told by someone who spoke English that they simply wanted to have
a baby. To be barren was thought to be a
curse from God because of some sin they committed earlier in life.
Unfortunately,
in our own country, some view becoming pregnant to be a curse and simply make
an appointment to relieve them of a burden they will not bear. They believe this unwanted pregnancy will
hinder them from living a life style they have enjoyed and do not want to
end. They are part of a society that has
come to believe that life is filled with pleasure without responsibility. Anything (even a baby) will not deter them
from their life of pleasure.
This Sunday
is “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.” This
time on the calendar was selected many years ago because of the Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court case decided in January of 1973.
Ever since that dreadful decision, the value of human life is in a
downward spiral. Life is a gift from
God, a blessing from the Lord. Our
“civilized society” has determined that the power of life and death is a
decision a misguided mother and a money hungry abortionist will determine.
My wife
works for a pregnancy center where their goal is to educate and encourage the
young mother to keep the child. They
have discovered that when the mother sees her developing baby via the sonogram,
80% decide to give birth. Planned
Parenthood, on the other hand, will not offer this service to the young lady
for fear that they will decide to keep the baby. Our government and your tax dollars have
given Planned Parenthood hundreds of millions of dollars over the years to continue
this holocaust!
Any society
that devalues human life at any level will eventually destroy itself from
within. The killing of a baby will teach
our children that life is not the greatest gift from God and something to be
cherished. Could there be a connection
between abortion and euthanasia? Could
there be a connection between abortion and the many school shootings conducted
by children? Those are questions that
future social studies will uncover but I believe there is a link.
Have you
considered some of the obvious connections between abortion and the rising cost
of health care in this country? Could
there be a link between abortion and child abuse or abortion and breast
cancer? There are studies that already
reveal there is a link. And to think
that many would be mothers and dads have selected to kill a child because they
want to party with their friends or buy a new “toy” or the mother fearing that
she will experience stretch marks. How
self-centered to think that a beautiful baby, that is meant to bring joy into a
family, be devalued to the degree that a tight belly is more important than a
human life!
Through many
years as a pastor, I have witnessed the horrible consequences that many women
struggle with because they have made the decision to kill the child
within. Many of them live lives filled
with guilt, shame and mental disorders that require countless hours or
counseling and bottles upon bottles of medications to endure the pain deep down
inside that won’t go away.
Are there
young women you know that that may be considering the death of their
unborn? Maybe there is something you can
do to influence them to keep the baby.
Your intervention may prove to be a mission from heaven that produces
countless blessings in the future. May
your conviction be as mine: all life was created by God and belongs to Him. No one has the right to murder another human
being. "You shall not murder."
Exodus 20:13. The Lord hates hands that shed innocent blood
according to Proverbs 6:16-17. The Bible
also teaches that we need to defend the weak and the helpless. "Speak up for
those who cannot speak for themselves...defend the rights of the poor and needy
(and the unborn child)" Proverbs 31:8-9.
May the Lord forgive our nation for the 55,000,000 who have been
slaughtered because of the devaluation of human life!
